Young Doctor's are the worst. I took Don because of possible Cancer spots. Our Doc.. got right in hubby's face and said someone from our clinic told me that they saw Don driving our car. She said Don't you remember that you are not to drive? DHAAAAAAA , I spoke up and said.... The man has Dementia . He can't even remember what he had for lunch. You need to talk to me about shit like this , not him. Come on Don , I'll find someone else to look at your spots. And we left.

@A myALZteam Member, I think you are on to something - compassion, love, and kindness, plus a bit of common sense goes a long way in caring for someone with dementia. Knowledge is powerful when added to these but knowledge alone is not sufficient.

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Oh my, so painful to hear. My Dad was difficult towards the end too. I am so, so sorry you are having to go through this Debra. I know it HURTS. I felt that kind of pain when my son was going through terrible addiction to drugs. I hurt and could hardly walk or function. I know this is not an alcoholic or drug addiction, but I would suggest anyone having this type of hurt, watching an Alzheimer patient go through the hard times, to read Sarah Young's book "Jesus Calling" which are daily inspirational messages, or even a book I have from Al-Anon, called "Courage to Change" which would not work for every situation we have, but is very encouraging in learning how to deal with what we go through. You can probably find them on Amazon or a book store. Courage to change saved me life.

Medical schools do not teach classes specifically related to dementia and Alzheimer's disease, unless something has recently changed. Hopefully, the Alzheimer Association is working on that issue. I find myself teaching my general practitioner about the disease. I even argue with her about choices in medicines and what is going on with me, along with depression/anxiety medications. It is very frustrating.

He was in the hospital for 4 days. The frist. Two nurse had him for the. 2 days. Was really working with him well. The next day the nurse couldn't keep him in his room. Call the doctor on staff gave him Ativan. Lorazepam. Suppose to calm you down. It hype him up. Some people you give this shot. To that over62. It do the opposite. What up set me they didn't call me. Before they gave him the shot. I came to the hospital. And when I got to hi room they had him tie to the bed. And on his chart i. It show he have ALZ