My mother has Dementia and my dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer's last summer. Is there a way to find out if I have early stage Dementia/Alzheimer's?
My husband also 2014 but he lived till Dec 27,2023 at age 87 he also was on Aricept
What is the difference between vascular dementia and Alzheimer's?
Here's a link to the Cleveland Clinic's explanation of Vascular Dementia:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/...
Did durable power of attorney for my mom before testing was done. Test results came back she has Alzheimer’s. No car and family managing money for her. She thinks I am stealing her money now and trying to undo things i put in place with the banks. Only managing it for her so she can have money to live on. She also says she never signed that paper making me me look like i am stealing. She also uses foul language all the time and hates the doctor. The last month and a half has been awful I hope it… read more
Mike, I am so happy to hear your wife is adjusting to her new med. Enjoy the happy. I hope this continues for both of you. Please get all the supports in place that you can.
Im not sure. He was diagnosed as borderline type 2 for many years. 2019 it was full blown and been on metformin since then. That's when he received disability for it. No one in his immediate… read more
Great answer
No matter how many times she’s been told by numerous doctors about her dementia she is still in denial. She says things like “I think they’ve made a mistake”
There is thing called Anosagnosia , it is a real thing . It might be what she may be experiencing . In the reality SHE lives in with her broken brain ( dementia ) she truly believes there is nothing… read more
Regarding my previous comment above: In further reading, I think the Hope study involves more than what I’ve read about. The audio treatment that I mentioned is probably just a part of this study. I… read more
Serves no purpose to tell them.
It is simply another hurt in the this journey of the lost.
No Ma'am.
There's also the FAST Scale (Reisberg Functional Assessment Staging Test)
I wanted one that incorporated the "Instrumental Activities of Daily Living" and also the "Activities of Daily Living" --… read more
I haven’t posted in a while. I was living in FL but brought my husband up north in May to be near family. He steadily declined, eventually losing ability to walk etc. He is now completely bedbound. He is incontinent and cannot feed himself. He has lost interest in eating and even getting him to drink is a challenge. He has lost weight now. He has that occasional smile or comment that makes me remember how he was. I hate to see him this way. Some days I wish it was over and I feel so guilty for… read more
We had hospice care for my husband for the last 6 1/2 weeks of his life. He had an episode of a-fib, and went downhill rapidly. Two weeks before he died, he started falling, so we put the side rails… read more