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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/...
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
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
Your area at Church here different weeks
Serves no purpose to tell them.
It is simply another hurt in the this journey of the lost.
No Ma'am.
Great answer
Hello Alzheimer is one of the best books with the most helpful hints and suggestions I have read. I wish I had come across it at least 4 years ago.
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
Having minor issues with memory care community only providing activities of daily living, bathing, dressing, transferring from chair or bed, eating and toileting. Did not understand their limited health care service and may be required to provide a family/geriatric doctor, dentist/periodontist, optometrist/ophthalmologist, podiatrist, physical therapist. You can rely on the memory care facility to provide these specialists or you can request an order for these specialists to come in, if they… read more
Update on using a manager certified with the ALCA six months ago
At the end of 2018 and first of 2019 was a tough time for me as Caregiver for my wife. In 2016 she developed drop foot due to pinched… read more
I am trying to figure out how to help my mother-in-law who has been with us 2 months.
I need an official diagnosis but would like more details on caregiving and what level she's at, and whether certain meds are affecting her paranoia. Need advice on psychiatric meds, etc. So do I go to appointments using HER insurance? Or go to my own psychiatrist and ask questions about her? (I don't actually have one) How do you manage these things?
And I'm afraid to say to her "you have Alzheimers so I need… read more
Yes. With online appointment it’s nuts. I made an appt for her in my “system”. The check in people freaked out, but i said I’m not leaving until we see someone about this fecal incontinence! It… read more
