Alzheimer's Disease Support Group
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and characterized by progressive cognitive deterioration with declining activities of daily living and neuropsychiatric symptoms or behavioral changes. An early symptom is memory loss (amnesia), usually manifesting as minor forgetfulness that becomes pronounced with illness progression, with relative...
It seems like in just the last month. My father and mother in law have gotten alot worse.
He doesn't sleep well at night, He refused to eat lunch or supper yesterday;or take his meds.
Is there anything you can do to get them to eat or take their medication? You can't force them. and the more we try to convince him-the worse he gets.
After he took off walking last week and we had to have police called; we are now thinking about a home.
How do you go about finding a good one?
And do they take everything they own? pension?
He doesn't sleep well at night, He refused to eat lunch or supper yesterday;or take his meds.
Is there anything you can do to get them to eat or take their medication? You can't force them. and the more we try to convince him-the worse he gets.
After he took off walking last week and we had to have police called; we are now thinking about a home.
How do you go about finding a good one?
And do they take everything they own? pension?
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
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It's not something you will have to do right away. But we need to start looking into it; when it comes to this.
I went throug the process of finding a suitable home for my parents a year ago... it is time consuming and so much to consider.
You not only have to place your loved one in a clean, accessible, medically accredited facility, but you have to know the financial restrictions of your loved ones and just how much they can afford.
Assisted living is not cheap, and many factors of care have to be calculated into the over-all picture of care.
Please start by getting the telephone book down, locating all facilities that deal directly with dimentia and Alheimers, not all of them do.
Then take time to visit the facility, talk with the staff, get info to take to your family member, discuss the possibility of making the move.... take them to the facility and let them have a part in making the final decision if at all possible.
Once a decision is made, most places allow the resident to have some of their belongings, but not all.. depending on the size of the room they choose, you might consider selling off the remainder of the furniture for financial assistance with the move; or if arrangements have been made for other family members to have certain pieces of furniture... in time all of those decisions will be met.
I hope this info will be helpful to you..
take care