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Hello, My mom has moderate Alzheimers though we've seen noticeable decline every few months. She is very suspicious of everyone. If she can't find something she's convinced someone has stolen it. She's unfit to drive per her neurologist though she thinks she's fine. She has no concept of what day it is and we've realized…

My DW almost every day says, "I need to go home." I tell her you are home and that everything is fine and you are safe. She replies with, "No, I need to go home." I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this and has any suggestions. Thank you.

Update - surgery July 8th went well. I'm home recuperating. I live with my daughter & son-in-law. Thank God for family. Thank you for your thoughts and prayers. I really appreciate them. Love & hugs to all. Just wanted to check in. I haven't been online as much lately. I finished my radiation for Angiosarcoma recurrence…

hello. This is my first post. I have been caring for my husband for a few years. His brain woke up after many episodes of jeopardy lol he has had adjustments of meds and his brain received more blood flow. This is great. He can joke and discuss things. He started reading again and connecting online. Here is my problem. He…

I knew it was out there 30yrs of giving care recognizing and being supportive now it's my turn. Not very good at receiving help how strange and forthcoming is that? Ok enough of me here's the low down ,married I take it seriously well it started with the drinking and than the falling down than drinking let up to just 2- 3…

Any recommendations on jewlery tracker I can get my mom to wear that can’t come off?

In my last post I stated I broke my ankle and had NO plan B. Turns out I broke my tibia, fibula and 5th metatarsal and now have a cast to my knee. Absolutely NO weight bearing and No driving. So it’s been a fast course in asking for and receiving help. I looked into home health but no return phone calls but seems I may…

Almost nine months since I lost my DW to this nightmare disease. Deep in grief now and hard to see a way out of it. Day to day, it is all I can do for now. And then, as I was reflecting on my situation and that of so many others on this forum, a new view of my situation emerged. I hate being where I am without my DW. But,…

My DH has had major short term memory loss. I have realized that it has been about 20 years he has lost. Recently he asked how my Mom was doing. She has passed 25 years ago in a car crash. He then asked if I talked to my sister “Teri”. My sister is Carol. Teri is his ex- wife’s sister. He hasn’t talked to her in maybe 40…

I do have dpoa, on healthcare directive- drs say tough luck if she wont go voluntarily or is not easily tricked then wait for a crisis. So many mentioned she could just be tricked- no it's just not possible and despite having a diagnosis of severe, she IS aware enough to know what is going on. drs have classified as severe…

Only child caring for 90 YO Mom. Started with neuro last year, and he diagnosed dementia. Didn't really tell much info. She'd had several episodes of people spying on her, trying to break in, etc. We put up cameras, etc and that seemed to stop that kind of thing. That let us know there were things indicative of something…

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I am new here. My mother was diagnosed 5 years ago and does fairly well considering. She has recently started hallucinating seeing insects flying on her ceiling at night, and even when she first wakes up. She says they disappear when I come in or she starts getting up. I mentioned it to her neuro after the first event, but…

My SO had a brain scan last fall and I just found out the other day that the Centiloid Score was 147.5. I hadn't heard of this score before and the limited research I have done doesn't sound good. Anyone here familiar with this? TIA

My father recently began shuffling more when he walks which is making him more of a fall risk. I recently bought him a new pair of Sketchers slip in sneakers but with the shuffling he keeps catching the front of his foot when he walks and it is tripping him up. His SNF just recently introduced a walker to him, which he is…

I find that a mid-stage PWD is easily startled recently. If I appear in their path if they are walking, a PWD is startled and surprised. A quick web search shows it's common as their vision and processing ability deteriorates. It's not clear what type of caregiver action can avoid this. One suggestion is to approach…

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My 79 y/o brother has MS and Alzheimer's. He's experiencing urinary and bowel incontinence and refuses to wear Depends. He doesn't wear underwear because it slows down his ability to use the toilet. (He can barely stand and transfer from wheelchair to the commode, requiring a pole for support. Has anyone found a solution…

Long story short Doug now has a hospital bed so I ordered a twin bed and mattress so I could sleep beside him. I had taken my mattress upstairs to the game room to sleep in the meantime. The first two nights went fine. Then Monday night he got up around 11 to use the bathroom and I heard him fall in the bedroom. So I moved…

Are there PAS/Caregiver/Attendant in San Antonio who is fluent in Korean to assist my 82-year-old mother on an hourly basis at her home in San Antonio (78239). There are larger Korean communities in Dallas, Houston, and Austin that I am aware of, but moving there is not an option. My mother has progressive dementia and…

Hello. My mother is in a memory care facility. She believes other residents are breaking into her room (picking her lock, or have a key) and stealing from her. This is not new. When she lived in her own apartment, she thought the maintenance man was coming in sabotaging things in her apartment. I set up a camera and saw…

Mom has had her $ taken away- but she can still view her accts. She goes to the bank several times a week to ask if her money is still there. The regional VP has gotten involved as they are both worried and alarmed at her behavior stating it is aggressive. Mom's dr looked into a 5150 but declined to do it (Cya I think!).…

The symptoms are certainly not new but especially over the past year they seem to be getting worse and worse. I'm getting to the point where I feel confident that I know what is happening to Mom and I don't really know what I can do. My mom and I have always had a really difficult relationship and I live across the country…

If you have read my previous posts you know that my husband and I are caregivers for his father on the weekend and his sister is the caregiver the rest of the time. The last several weeks when we have gone to the store with him, when we get home he gets upset and thinks his wife (dead), daughter and or granddaughter has…

I’m 63 and have had phantom smells for almost 2 years. My primary care doc dismissed them 1+ years ago as Covid-related. Since then I’ve begun having memory problems, definitely a personality change (much crying/depression), and difficulty problem-solving. My mom had EO and my dad some form of dementia. I had a PET scan…

My DH has periods of being so close to normal at times except for some short term stuff. Its weird but it worries me more when he is in this stage because usually when he changes it's usually worse than when he started in the normal period. I don't know if that makes sense to anyone or if anyone has has noticed this.

My DH has VD and Alz. .he just got out of the hospital from a 4 day stay. he had a heart attack and a gi bleed. He refuses all surgeries. There are are blockages from carotids to his femoral arteries, including a abdominal anyarisum that has been worked on once. he has such a long hx cant even go into it. My question is it…

Good morning, My 89 y.o. mother-in-law has lived with us since March. She had a health event in December that seemed to trigger a sharp decline in her dementia and she lived with her daughter for a few months after that while we bought a house that could accommodate her. Some days she's argumentative, others she's…

I'm at the point where I need to hire some in-home help for my DH, probably 1 or 2 days per week. I found several possible candidates through care.com and some other sites, but wondered how others went down this path. How did you conduct interviews and get started? I'm sure that DH will be resistant at first and I have no…