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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...

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Cognitive Stimulation Threapy

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My Father's about to start doing this, deos nayone have any experiance of it, and was it helpful?
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Dear tsosfw,, both of my parents have been in a Senior Facility for Alzheiemer's for a year.
Dad is not as affected as mom, but I trying to get as much info as I can, to better understand what is in store for both of them in the future.

Take care
cjosie
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tspsfw: sorry I did not spell your name correctly,cjosie
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I'm not certain what "Cognitive Stimulation Therapy" is but I can tell you that I took my husband (age 59!) to day care and the social worker suggested we come for lunch the first time and this would allow the staff to watch my husband while I spoke to the social worker after lunch. There were 18 older adults there with varying stages of Alzheimers and it was amazing to see how well they responded to game playing (including bingo!), and ring toss. There was a recreaAtional therapist there as well as 3 aids and a nurse and nutritionist. They say that if you can stimulate the mind, the memory loss is less noticible (even though we know this will not improve their memory, it does slow down the progression). Unfortunately, my husband is too advanced and would not get enough out of the program to be worth it for hom. The place does not consider themselves to be "baby sitters" but a meand to help the patient and family cope better with the disease. I would RUN to get him this therapy. The sooner the better. You will both enjoy life muc better much longer if he is receptive. Good luck.
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