Alzheimer's
Questions + Answers
Mom is having trouble getting up and walking. How to help?
Mom is having trouble getting up and walking. How to help?
A physical therapist once told me that a walker is not an option for Alz patients as they won't be able to use it correctly. What options are there to help her get around? She's in the mid-late stage.
My MIL uses a walker to help keep her balance. She has to be reminded to use it If you don’t remind her and make her use it she will fall.
My mother will not get up out of bed, stays there till mid day! Sometimes 4pm! Any suggestions! Nothing physically wrong!
My mother will not get up out of bed, stays there till mid day! Sometimes 4pm! Any suggestions! Nothing physically wrong!
If i suggest we are meeting someone of shopping she gets worse!
Should I tell my MIL that she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s?
Should I tell my MIL that she had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s?
She is mid stage and was diagnosed about 6 months ago. The memory center did not tell her. People are asking if she knows. I figured she would just argue and be more paranoid. Your thoughts?
Please share with me the time frame you have personally experienced with Alzheimer’s
Please share with me the time frame you have personally experienced with Alzheimer’s
I am fully aware that each patient is unique with this disease. I still would appreciate hearing your own experiences. From the time that symptoms were first observed how and when was the diagnosis made? Then after that how many years did it take for the disease to progress to its more advanced or final stage?
Thank you.
My mother in law has Alzheimer’s, so did her sister and their mother. Is it or not hereditary?
My mother in law has Alzheimer’s, so did her sister and their mother. Is it or not hereditary?
Worried my husband may get it, his sister is preparing to have it.
Does everyone with dementia become restless at some stage?
Does everyone with dementia become restless at some stage?
My husband is so content that I can’t imagine him ever being aggressive or wandering.
Does sundowners, wandering and aggression happen AFTER he stops being able to recognize people?
Is it inevitable?
At this point I need to do everything for him and he’s not troubled by it.
He’s always been very relaxed. Could he possibly remain so?
My husband wants to be helpful around the house, but this creates double work for me. How can I gently make him understand this?
Simple task I ask husband to do ends up with me frustrated and him looking like a scared puppy. I cry..sad..help..
Simple task I ask husband to do ends up with me frustrated and him looking like a scared puppy. I cry..sad..help..
Married 5 yesrs..he'll tell people 18..hes so busy with this and that and things I make him do he has no time..I untrue...simple things..like bring cooler to car....never makes it to our destination..I'm not doing so good. Trying to be him and me and get both or ALL done...has actually caused me to have A-fib...help
any suggestions on how to get spouse to take meds?
any suggestions on how to get spouse to take meds?
Sometimes my husband refuses to take meds. He holds the pill in his hand and refuses to put it in his mouth. Other times he puts it in his mouth, holds it, takes a drink of water, swishes it around and spits it out.
He is in his 7th year of ALZ and no amount of reasoning or kind persuasion seems to work.
Those of you who have placed your loved one in a memory care facility, what is the staff to patient ratio in your facility?
Those of you who have placed your loved one in a memory care facility, what is the staff to patient ratio in your facility?
Thanks everyone - there does seem to be a big difference from place to place!!
