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Tonight my spouse and I went to visit my 92-year-old dad in MC and had dinner with him. All was fine until it wasn’t. After the meal he grew increasingly agitated and wanted me to call his mother and see if we could stop by and visit her for a while tonight. What was surprising is that despite all efforts at redirection,…
So my older sister (long-distance caregiver who visits every 1-2 months) just took my Asian mom to her first therapy session to work out the grief from my Dad's death (He died 13 years ago) and other emotional issues that fuel my mom's dementia flashbacks. We are going to do more sessions (virtually since I don't drive)…
my mother is in early to mid stage of dementia from vascular changes and Alzheimer’s disease. She is either hallucinating things or dreaming g them and then insisting that they really happened. She then gets very anxious and angry about what she thinks happened Should we tell her that these things did not occur? How do we…
It's been happening slowly, but in the past month my godmoms keeps wanting to go to her childhood home which doesn't exist anymore. She's not remembering or recognizing her home of 40 years. She's been like this everyday at least 1-2 times a day...but the last 2 days it's been all day. I need suggestions on how to reassure…
Hello! I am a full te caregiver to my husband grandparents, who i absolutely adore! She has Alz and he lost both legs the end of last year, beginning of this year. I started helping towards the end of last year. Gma was referred to a neuro to see if she's a candidate for for treatment that stops the progression of Alz.…
My DW has been receiving an ever increasing amount of spam calls on her cell phone lately. She is currently stage 4 and I while I don't want to discourage her from using the phone, I want to make sure that she is safe. While looking for solutions, I came across the National Do Not Call Registry (donotcall.gov) Not sure if…
My father has been declining rapidly mentally. His depression hasn't been able to be controlled with meds and he keeps getting meaner. He's in denial but sometimes I think what I say actually makes it to his thinking process sometimes but is often turned around on me and it's my fault or something I did or didn't do. I'm…
I'm new here, but desperate for help with handling these difficult things, and feeling like I'm really botching this pretty badly. A little over a year ago, I moved in to look after my Mom, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's when she was still somewhere in the middle stages. My family was never good with communication or…
Hi everyone, My name is Christopher. I want to be transparent that I have medically documented mild cognitive impairment and post-concussion symptoms following motor-vehicle accidents, rather than a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. I am posting here because many members have valuable lived experience…
My mom diagnosed with Alzheimer's or psychosis with dementia. And Its getting worse.
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