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Caring for Mom
Hello, I’m new here and have a similar experience with my mom. She was a nurse for 45 years and will not let any caregiver, care for her because, she knows how “to care for herself “ The unfortunate thing is she isn’t caring for herself (showering, brushing teeth, taking medications). She lives with my brother and sister…
Caring for my father with dementia
Hello! I am new here. May Father is 82 moving into moderate dementia and I am all he has. He lives in his tiny house on my property. I finally realized last night that I needed to look through my brochures and reach out for help or find someone going through the same thing. I felt alone and scared. Today I feel better and…
Mum with dementia across the pond in England
My mother lives in Bristol England and is currently in a care home, we had to admit her to a care home less than 1/4 mile from her home, she has dementia and has an history of falling. I live in Eagle Idaho and I talk with her every day, she blames me and my brother for putting her in the care home and every day she tells…
I’m new here
I am caring for my Mom with dementia… and I am frustrated, stressed, crying all of the time because we can’t communicate without an argument. Then she wants to know why I’m being “mean” to her. I try to tell her I’m not being mean, I’m frustrated that she doesn’t understand what I’m saying and I don’t know how to reason…
Hello
I am finally passed the denial that my father has ESA. I have been living with him for about two years now and I have been seeing the decline for about a year. It became official last month, when we got the neuropsychological back with the diagnosis. Right now he is still pretty independent but I know with time that will…
Incontinent at night
Hi there, Me and my sister are almost to a point of losing our minds with our severely demented dad’s incontinence especially at night time. From giving him less water after like 5pm , taking him to restroom every 2-3 hours , depend underwears with blue lining that turns to a gel on contact with urine. It’s a battle to get…
Need help with my mother
My mother has Alzheimer's. She has had it for several years or more. She is really starting to show memory loss. She does not seem to remember any discussions we have had the prior day. I am trying to figure out how to handle this stage of Alzheimer's.
Mom has Alzheimer’s
I am new here. My mom is 70 and is in stage 6/7. We bought a huge home with my parents to take care of her. The problem now is she gets so aggressive when it is time to take her to batgroom, shower. We touched her she gets so mad. I am not sure how to handle the aggression. She is taking calm medication over the counter.…
New here caring for my Mom
My mom was diagnosed earlier this year with Alzheimer's / Dementia, my mom has a strong family history of Alzheimer's her grandmother, aunt both were in nursing facilities do to it. Mom has short-term memory problems which her neurologist says isn't uncommon because she is also on Breast Cancer medication and the family…
Student Research Survey
Hello! My name is Grace and I am a high school senior. Over the past year and a half, I have done immense research on dementia and caregivers. My goal is to determine how playing music for dementia patients benefits the caregiver mentally. If you are a caregiver, please take a moment to fill this survey out. It will take…
