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Interesting Alz pre diagnosis
Early Alzheimer’s disease could be diagnosed through eye exams, new study suggests | Fox News
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Re: new platform
If there are threads that you want to refer back to, be aware that bookmarks from the current platform probably will not work on the new platform. Also, you will not be able to search for a particular thread by date, because the archived threads will all have the same date, or close to the same date. This is how it…
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What do you wish you had done in preparation for the severe stage?
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@ Doctor Tim
Welcome. I see that you are a doctor for your local Conservator's Office. I am wondering what type of new information you are seeking? I was a doctor in my working years, in pediatrics. I knew next to nothing about dementia. I have since learned a lot. Iris L.
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My wife's EO is causing me to feel hopelessness every day.
I feel overwhelmed by the severity and frequency of my wife's symptoms. Yesterday, she stood next to the wrong car in the parking lot. It was not even the same color as our car (which we have had for years). I had to convince her that she was standing next to the wrong car. She has lost much of her ability to read. She…
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Type 2 diabetic or hypoglycemia - Medicare changes
Continuous glucose monitors will now be covered under Medicare for people on basal(one a day) insulin shots or for problematic hypoglycemia. I believe we have a member with the latter condition? The prior requirement was three plus shots a day. My spouse and I are thrilled. Even with recently enhanced GoodRX support, we’ve…
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For Profit Memory care
Hello wonderful people, Our father is suffering from a type of dementia stemming from brain concussions (falls). He is 94 years old. Worked all his life until he fell too many times. The family is still working through shock and grief. He is in a non-profit rehabilitation center. The family is considering searching for the…
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LO Continues to Lose Weight
I had posted earlier about when it is time to get Hospice involved. I have been busy getting my LO set up with home health three times a week, and Palliative care. My concern is still that my LO will not eat food. This weekend she aspirated twice on soup and coke. I also noticed that she is not snoring at night. This is a…
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Need your help for building a survey for those Under 65
I am trying to build a survey that impacts those under 65. What does it mean to their families and kids not to mention financially once they have cognitive issues in the job. It is so much worse than those over 65. Do you have any other ideas I should us or remove or reword. I hope to pass this on to an organization to do…
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covid 19 and dementia
i would like to know if anybody has any thoughts about the relationship between covid 19 anddementia. If somebody has dementia, and catches covid 19, has anybody noticed an acceleration of the development of dementia
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IPhone help wanted
So we are in the standard early phases of this disease. What I am looking for I hope someone else has already figured out. My mom has a sister in California. We are in North Carolina. Is there a way to control contacts in her IPhone so if she tries to call them it will not ring through until normal daytime in California?…
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My wife is gettting aggressive.
My DW is beginning to get aggressive and I'm not sure if I can handle it or how to handle it. She's now starting to urinate on the floor during the daytime, when I'm distracted doing something else. I have to watch her every minute of the day. I have been getting quite frustated and question whether I really have the…
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The Road
My biological mother, Rv, has always had a problematic relationship with myself and her family. We frequently step/ped in to assist whenever she painted herself into a corner. We spent a lifetime getting ghosted unless she needed something or saw an immediate benefit in engaging w/ one of us. Needless to say the family…
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move from SNF to MC?
I'm wondering if anyone has input on advantages/disadvantages to moving my mom from SNF to MC/AL. Long story short: in October 2021 we moved swiftly to get my mom on Medicaid and placed in SNF following a hospital stay because of a fall at home. We were directed down this path by both the hospital social workers and the…
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Should we get house out of Mom's name
My mother has early dementia. I've been told that Medicare can take her house to pay for her assisted living costs. Should we think about getting the house out of her name? (if she will even agree to that) Sorry, this is all new to me and I have tons of questions. Thanks, G
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Roller coaster of emotions
DH is in memory care and is on Hospice. On a Monday, he had another one of the events where he is drooling and non responsive for several minutes. He also fell. Hospice Dr RXd an Ativan and DH recovered. On Wed my nephew and wife visited after a 4 hr drive here and DH seemed to be ok. Fast forward 4 days and memory care…
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New - Desperate
Hey there. I'm new here. I haven't looked around, but I will. But I'm desperate for help, support, advice, direction, ideas, or just a shoulder to cry on. I'm 54. My father is 82. He invited my husband and I to move in with him in 2015. The idea was that he'd purchase a house in all three of our names (hubby, Dad, and I),…
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When will she stop packing
Gosh this journey has been so hard. I love my Mom dearly but my patience is running thinner and thinner. She packs up her stuff daily at MC and I unpack and fib that it will be a couple more days before the doctor releases her to go home. When will it stop, been doing this for a couple months.
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Negativity towards CareGiver
My Mom has 24/7 care with a fabulous, kind, and patient in-home care giver. Whenever she is out of the house with someone else, all my Mom does is talk negatively about the caregiver - she doesn't like this about her or that about her, it can be anything! Distracting her, talking about other things, ignoring, etc. isn't…
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New here. I think my mom is stage 4... advice?
Hi! This is my first day here. I live three hours away from my mom and visit every 2-3 months I have two kids at home. My mom and I used to talk on FB messenger most days. Over the past few months, she talks less and less online. I'm concerned that she may be in stage 4 already. She said she sometimes gets lost in her own…
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New to this(9)
We’ve suspected that my mom has Alzheimer’s for about six months. It felt like overnight she went from maybe forgetting the word for something here and there to repeating stories and forgetting details about things she’d known cold before. But we kept hoping that maybe it was something else - she doesn’t (to our knowledge)…
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Can Alzheimer lead to hair loss?
Anyone suffering from Alzheimer may face hair fall at some point. It is common to have such issue but some conditions can rarely end up having hair loss. A few Alzheimer's drug can occur hair fall after 3-6 months of the drug intake. But reducing the drug intake can reverse the hair fall. Being in such a condition can be…
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First conversation with GP regarding possible dementia
I recently flew back home from overseas because my 80-year-old mother was experiencing medical and cognitive problems. Prior to the middle of last month, the only thing I had noticed was her saying she was getting more forgetful, but her doctor had tested her and she was fine. Come to find out this was the simple, three…
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Guiding the Care Journey: Building Dementia Workforce and System Capacity through Care Navigation
Care navigation can help close gaps in dementia care by coordinating medical and social services, partnering with caregivers, and facilitating access to disease education and community-based services. More from @MilkenInstitute here: http://bit.ly/3LGxWQK
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Elder Lawyer vs. Regular Lawyer
I am pretty new to this and doing it alone, my sister lives halfway across the country and the rest of our family is in CA. I keep seeing people talking about Elder Lawyers and was wondering if I need to see an elder lawyer specifically to set up a POA or what ever the state requires or if a regular lawyer can do this? I…
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DH 57 just diagnosed w/posterior cortical atrophy EO
My 57 year old husband of 35 years was just diagnosed with Posterior Cortical Atrophy, Early Onset Alzheimer's. He can no longer drive or work. I'm reeling from shock, grieving what should not be happening at this time in our lives and desperately trying to figure out next steps emotionally, financially, etc. I'm the…
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mom wants to go home(6)
My mom had 2 major anxiety attacks the week between Christmas and New Years that required 2 trips to the ER. I figured out it was from not taking her medicine because she had hidden it and couldn't remember where. Ever since then she does not know/realize that she is in our house. She has lived here for 20 years but keeps…
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How to help my mother in law .
I just joined this forum today and am hoping for some suggestions. My dear MIL has been diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer’s. I am married to her oldest son and she has 3 more sons, no daughters. As the DIL that has been in the family the longest (37 years) and am the closest to her, it is falling on me to be her main…
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Mother WD verbal abuse
My 82 yr old mother resides at home with my 84 yr old father. We have seen her memory decline the last 2 years or so. Six months ago, we were together with my 2 siblings at the wedding of my niece. Since that event my mother has spiraled out of control with verbal abuse, accusations and physical abuse toward my father. My…
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Disheartened that memory care is recommended-help please
I “put” my 91 year old mother in AL in November due to delusions/paranoia/hallucinations. She longed to go home and it was heartbreaking to hear nearly daily. She began to isolate more and not go to the dining room. The Nurse Practitioner changed some meds, and it seemed she became angrier, not violent or verbally abusive,…