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My 85 y/o father is now in the moderately severe stage of vascular dementia. Would someone please describe their experience in this phase? What is the approximate duration of this stage? I understand each case is different, but I now feel as though I’m flying by the seat of my pants.
Thank you!
Carla, I am interested to know how the neurologist determined your dad is at the beginning of Alz? Did he determine by symptomology or a specific mri?
My husband likes word find but not on his phone, on a word find book. I enjoy color by number on my ipad and think that is fun. Good luck I know there are lots of ideas out there. My husband also… read more
My husband’s doctor also advised there are no miracle pills to stop or reverse Alzheimers. She also said with regards to Prevagen, it only makes the manufacturer wealthy, it doesn’t improve… read more
My dad lives over 4 hours from my house with stopd. Today, I'm going to my Dad's house. He thinks I'm coming up later this month. Is it okay to just pop in without him knowing I'm coming? Anytime I go, he cleans everything up. I want to see how he's doing and get lots of things accomplished while I'm there. He hides certain things I want to take with me this trip too. With him starting to become angy needs to go away this trip. I just hope he doesn't get mad at me. I don't think he will… read more
My dad doesn't drive anywhere except on his property. I talked to two agencies while at my dad's house. Waiting to hear back from them. One gal from Home Instead I really liked everything she said… read more
My husband is in relatively early stages and hoping to do some trips we have always wanted to. We have a camper that we tow, staying a new place each night. I wonder if this is too demanding?
I would say go for it too. We took my dad on two trips last year. He loved it. I had hoped to take him somewhere this year. But with losing my job, money is very tight!
I live a ways from my Dad. He had a caregiver coming 3 Xs a week. That stopped today. Apparently he got angry with the caregiver and she wouldn't do something for him. So he called his nephew. His nephew took him somewhere where he found check on the issue. My dad seems fine when I'm there.
I don’t know how to answer that. Thankfully my mom is “good” with her caregiver. Perhaps it is somehow a way to express “independence” and “control” as your dad fights this disease. It’s a… read more
Has anyone had experience with going to a geriatric neurologist? What should I expect? Can a PET if they order one tell what type of Alzheimer’s he has and the prognosis? Especially timeline? My husband already had a MRI confirming brain atrophy but I would like to know life expectancy so I can plan financially and emotionally.
When the MRI was done, was a volumetric study done? I think that's the most important and most informative thing. It tells what the total brain volume is; how much atrophy there is, and where the… read more
I keep seeing numbers associated with Alzheimer’s in peoples posts. What are these 7? Stages?
Personally, I think this website has the very best explanation of the 7 Stages:
https://www.dementiacarecentral.com/aboutdement...
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