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I currently live with my mom and she was diagnosed with vascular dementia and Alzheimers six months ago or so. She is definitely starting to change but its hard for me to tell because I am around her all the time. She still drives, etc., and I am not sure when I will know i should take her keys away, etc.
It has been 10 years since I knew in my heart that mom had this disease, and that hoping her behaviors were brought about by something else no longer made sense. Before any doctor weighed in, I just "knew". Until two years ago, I watched my dad care for her at home. He carried the weight of the world on his shoulders. My…
Needing help with the beginning process of figuring out how to check for dementia. My mil just had a CT scan and is going to have an apt to check the results tomorrow. She has a lot of signs already, but more recently it's been forgetfulness more so plus incontinence (she doesn't try to go to the toilet anymore) and won't…
Hey there... long story short, my Grandma was diagnosed with dementia back in 2023 and my mom and aunts and uncles didn't share this information with anyone! Fast forward to today, my Grandma was in the hospital due to an UTI infection, and while I was there, the doctor mentioned her vascular dementia diagnosis and said he…
Mom is 87 and in MC for over one year. She has dementia, COPD and newly diagnosed early-stage heart failure. She also recently is on oxygen for her COPD. In addition to all of that, she has limited mobility from a recent fall in memory care where she broke a hip and is now getting around in a wheelchair and shuffling her…
I need some advice .. My step father who is only 61 years old has been battling frontal lobe dementia for 2 years now but recently his behaviors have increased to being up at night wandering from room to room , pacing and moderate confusing and anger, with possible treats of wanting to end his life , but he was not…
My mother is 82 and was previously diagnosed with early onset dementia. I didn't think the condition had progressed much, as I was not noticing any severe symptoms, but in the past year she has had more and more outbursts of uncontrollable anger. I didn't know this was a symptom of dementia until I looked it up after a…
My DH was diagnosed 9 yrs ago with early onset dementia and just recently with Parkinson. I've made the following purchases which have made both our lives better. A small,lightweight wheelchair from Amazon, adult bibs, washable mattress pads, a bedrail, satin sheets and silk pajamas to help him slide in and out of bed. I…
My DH with mixed dementia has started having accidents in the bathroom. Some of the urine goes into the toilet the rest ends up on the toilet, floor. He wets his pats and urine runs down his leg into his shoes. His shoes are washable but they need hours to dry. I bought him sone washable slippers so that I can get through…
(Apologies, but I feel like I have to redact this post and the follow-ups at this point to keep some details private. Thank you all, especially H1235 and Victoriaredux.)
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