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Memantine - benefits and side effects
Doctor just prescribed Memantine for mom. She is 87 and recently her memory has been failing rapidly. Does anyone on this board have experience with this drug - did it improve your LO's memory? Are the side effects bad?
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Hello!(1)
Hello everyone, I just wanted to introduce myself since I haven't done that yet. I recently moved back to my home town to live with my grandparents as my GF has ES Alzheimer's Disease. My GM is thankfully still in her right mind, but she has been sick a lot and my GF can no longer help her alone. So here I am! I have a…
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responding to LO who is not wanting to be in MC
A week ago, I moved my father from an independent living community to a memory care unit of another facility (the place where he was doesn't offer AL or MC). He definitely needs MC at this point, although he is high functioning relative to most people in his new situation. Whenever I visit or speak to him, he complains…
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Gracexu215
Edited/ I believe this gracexu215 is a scam. I googled this username and got a few hits that did not seem proper to me. I ignored the invitation, QBC Grace…. I saw your connection request. However I can’t find any posts you’ve made to understand how I can help support you. I can’t seem to make the search function here work…
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A change in my mom's speech
My mom was diagnosed with dementia in January. There were some indicators a year or two ago that are making sense now. She's had driving privileges taken away by her doctor and things are getting progressively worse with confusion about what day it is, where she put things and accurate information with dates / times and…
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Disrespect?
Hello again! I am really enjoying this forum and would like to add one more question. As I help out my Grandfather, who is still independent and able to do things, he's only in ES AD, I struggle with where the line of disrespect and keeping him safe is. He doesn't mind that I have to drive him everywhere, but I am afraid…
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Burned Out(1)
My DH was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and LBD in 2017. We’re both 68 now. In 2019 we moved to a new state to be near better medical care. We have no children and no close family members. I am his only caregiver. He is very capable physically, even walks two miles every day we can, in spite of having a knee replacement in…
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Over it.
Hello All, well today was a banner day. It is my mother's 81st birthday and her first in MC (moved from her IL apartment in a CC community in April this year). She's been mad as a hornet since her move. She's high functioning with great language ability still. I had sent her a locally made, beautiful birthday basket (I'm…
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Has alzconnected.org been hacked?
Several have posted about getting an email friend invite from a scammer-gracexu215. It came from admin@alzconnected.org. Moderators, do you have a way to check on this? Has the site been hacked? Do we need to change passwords?
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Seeking Thoughts on AD Liklihood
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Pain Management(1)
My mom who is 96 has been having trouble with severe arthritis pain in the morning when caregivers are trying to get her up. Tried fentanyl patch but that totally knocks her out and she is like a zombie. Also tried giving her a small dose if morphine at 5 a.m. but she won't take it while still in bed and wanting to sleep.…
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Help me please
My DH is in very advanced Alz. Hospice told us in May we were probably looking at weeks and he is still here . I am truly thankful for the time but as he progresses it just gets harder. He has been immobile since May and it takes two of my sons to move him from the bed to a chair. We try to take him out in a wheelchair for…
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What stage did delusions come
I believe my 79 yr old grandmother has Alzheimer’s. She refuses to go to the doctor and find out. Her main symptom is delusions. For the past 12-15 years, she has been having delusions. The first one was that her grandson was purposely doing things in her home to destroy it. Things that normal thinking people would know…
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Finding In Home Cargivers
Any suggestions on how to determine the best caregiver service to use? I received a list of caregiver companies/organizations from my alz org support grp leader, but going through them is daunting. I am wanting someone to come into my home to look after after mom while I run errands or just have time away.
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What to say when there is no right answer
Hi I'm Steph and new here. And struggling a bit. I'm not one to reach out to people I don't know. ( Shy+social anxiety) Sooo this is a huge step for me. My mom was recently diagnosed with ALZ but I've noticed changes for some time. The recent decline prompted further evaluation and thus the diagnosis. Im really struggling…
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Caregiver's Dementia
Hello everyone, I'm new here and just wanted to say I appreciate that this board exists. I'm in my 40s and my mother with mixed Vascular dementia and Alzheimer's lives with my husband and me. She's level/stage 4. The big plot twist is that two days after she was diagnosed last year in September, she was jaundiced and…
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Mom Wandering
I'm new to this site and so thankful it exists. My 71 year old mom has been battling with dementia and psychosis for several years now. She lives with my dad, her husband, and I'm about two hours away. She has taken a steep decline within the last year or so, and how has been wandering around the neighborhood and has been…
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Is It Ever Too Early To Move to AL?
My older sister (75yo) was diagnosed with AD about 3 years ago and has been living on her own with drop in care for about 2-4 hours/day, 5 days/week. Recently, she's had more 'bad days', is losing weight and her neurologist is 100% sure she needs to move to AL. We've found a nice place and we 3 siblings agree it's a good…
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dream walking
I am new to this site so bear with me. My father in law has had multiple times where he wakes up, usually early morning, apparently from a dream and its like he is awake but still in dream. Going somewhere, meeting someone, has to do something. He will tell you what he is doing, communicates, but even as we tell him there…
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It’s been along hard road
Hello friends and caregivers It’s been a long time since I posted A lot I can share a lot of pain.My LO got his wings 2 weeks ago ? 31 years together .He had frontal dementia and died of complications from it.He was placed ini oa. AL 7months ago and was in a wheel chair but still aware of what was going on.I was allowed to…
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New to group struggling with 94 year old mom
Hello and thank you for providing this forum. I've read through a number of posts and would like to introduce myself and the situation with my mom. Sorry if this is long. My mom is 94 and has been struggling with dementia for several years however IMO the past 2 she has really declined. Some of her issues I believe stemmed…
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Sudden Decline?
So in the last 24 hours we've seen rapid changes. LO fell yesterday afternoon but didn't hit her head or break anything. She landed on her bottom and then slumped onto her left side. Now today she's more confused than normal, super congested and her balance is really off. I even had to feed her (which I've never had to do…
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Seems like progress
Hi all, My dad is 77 and was diagnosed with bvFTD in Jan. 2021. He and my mom (age 76) live 850 miles away from me. She seems OK cognitively, but has always had a lot of anxiety and now she has trouble walking -- I assume it's arthritis (she hasn't seen a dr. herself in probably 35 years). My dad was acting odd for at…
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Looking back, what advice or tips would you give yourself
Hello- A friend and I are stepping in to become caregivers for mutual elderly friend. She has no children or any family. She just received the basic dementia diagnosis, and we await more testing for stage and kind. After doing lots of reading I’m guessing early with touches mid stage Alzheimers. We will be getting all the…
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Wine, Women, and Dementia is about to take off!
I'm barely hanging on as our cross-country trip to film Wine, Women, and Dementia takes off! Playing catch-up. https://www.stumpedtowndementia.com/post/winewomenanddementia-catch-up All the news before we hit the road. Overrun https://www.stumpedtowndementia.com/post/overrun_winewomenanddementia The route and schedule of…
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Help for Mom who is 67 and has rapid decline
I’m new here and looking for some help/guidance. My 67-year-old mother started forgetting words early in the year, but in the last couple months she has declined rapidly to the point where she doesn’t think her home (of 37 years) is her home, and she forgot who my dad was. She still knows my name, but today she forgot I am…
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update on my mother
Hi! I only posted one or two messages in this forum after I first joined. I thought I should give you an update. My 82 year-old mother was diagnosed with vascular dementia at the beginning of January. She passed away on March 15. Although I am sad and miss her, I am grateful that the COVID outbreak allowed me to teach my…
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feeling guilty for taking a vacation
My mom is 91 and has dementia with psychosis. She is in a skilled nursing facility and is finally on the right mix/dosage of medication. She has been calm for a couple of months now. (She was hitting, kicking, throwing things, yelling, etc.) The staff are wonderful. Because of COVID, I am not allowed to visit in her in her…
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3:30am & my mom is going crazy!!
I don’t know what to do…. My mother won’t sleep I’ve given her all of her meds +some & she is sitting on my front porch w/ my husband because she thinks I am the Antichrist…. It’s 3:30am and I just want to scream!!!! I put her on hospice a week ago & for a couple of days she was good, slept at night was awake during the…
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Life Insurance(1)
Hi! My mother has early onset dementia, and she neglected paying a lot of her bills when her symptoms first started a few years ago. This included her life insurance. She previously had a term policy. I had tried to reinstate it (after she had been diagnosed). But, when they saw "dementia" on the medical form, they would…