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I Need Help - Early Dementia/Paranoia
Hello to all! I am currently the grandson of my nana who I am led to believe that she is getting the early or moderate stages of dementia. She lives alone at a senior living apartment complex. However, for the past year or so - she keeps claiming multiple things. From someone drilling into her apartment, People are after…
Paranoia
My mother believes her apt is bugged. It's confusing because she is high functioning socially. The family wants to assure her no one is spying, but if we doubt her she becomes angry. She's calling the apt mgr daily now threatening if they don't find the "creeps" she will sue. We are new to all this. Is there anything we…
When is the right time for AL?
Hello. This is my first post. My 87 year old MIL was diagnosed with dementia (Alzheimer’s +) in March of this year. This brought clarity to the cognitive and personality changes we had been noticing over the past couple of years. Memory changes are really the least of her symptoms. She does have trouble with memory recall…
Psychosis Paranoia
Hello - my aunt is 96.5. She lived on her own until 95, but now lives in a nice assisted living. Everything was fine until a few months ago when she started having extreme paranoia and psychotic episodes. She thinks people come in her room at night, beat her, and tell her they are going to kill her. It is progressively…
Delusions of moving - on a loop
Both in-laws are suffering from dementia issues. However, right now concern is with my elderly MIL. She is in a care facility. She has started having delusions that she is moving. She has packed up her china display plates and other knick knacks. She is insistent she is moving. So many texts and phone calls... Just too…
Hallucinations? Late stage
Hello all, My mom has stage six if not stage seven, but she has been having hallucinations for quite some time, almost a few years now. She believes she has sons (I am her only child), and that there are people coming over or are already here. She used to buy food for them when we still let her do the shopping. Now they…
Commonly Used Abbreviations
DH = Dear Husband
DW= Dear Wife, Darling Wife
LO = Loved One
ES = Early Stage
EO = Early Onset
FTD = Frontotemporal Dementia
VD = Vascular Dementia
MC = Memory Care
AL = Assisted Living
POA = Power of Attorney
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