That is exactly how Ron was the last few months...

I think it is a combination of things... weakness, vision, judgment
and so on.

When he was at hospice .. he got out of bed.. and just slid to the floor.

How is the walking ? Can he walk more than a few feet un-aided ?

We have had this problem for at least a year. If I don't guide my husband and actually push him down into the chair he will end up beside it.
The other day he got up from his chair and I pulled it away so he could step away from the table. However he decided to sit down again and landed on the floor before I knew what was happening.
Getting him up is another story. I have had to call on my neighbours to help as he is a dead weight when he falls. Luckily he has never yet hurt himself.
i have an alarm mat by his bed which sounds as soon as his feet hit it.

Just started this problem over the weekend. This past week I witnessed a huge jump in physical disability so the mental will catch up soon.

Rollie can still walk on his own but very, very slowly, I almost feel like I am dragging him.

We were at some friends to watch the game and Rollie missed his mouth and poured his soda down the front of him, all over his pants. So my friend lent him a sweat suit and then I took Rollie to go pee and then he peed all over my friend's sweat pants so he had to lend Rollie another pair! Usually I have a change of clothes for him but of course this time I didn't.

I think it is vision, not that he needs new glasses because his are new but I think he has trouble judging distance.

Hi, when mom lived with me 3mo ago. She fell right in front of me missing the chair. At least 3 or 4 times. This is common with alzh.

A warning to all! They loose their balance as the disease progresses. We do have to have eyes behind our back.

Deborah that is also part of the disease reasoning making Judgement. I know now I did not know before. My mom misses all the times putting food in her mouth. Sticks her hands in the food.
One day I took her to a doctor appt. she got sick and peed in her pants. I did not have any change I leaned that I had to have a bag with diapers and clothes with me all the time. We have to treat them as if they are babies.

I think Rollie and Ro sound like they are at a very similar point in this monster disease we call Alzheimer's! Evne getting in to bed Ro sleeps almost on the edge as he can't move in further. Walks so slow I feel like he is a geisha girl behind me. Although now I have started holdin his hand always when we walk for fear he will fall or get in front of a car or something. Eating getting harder and harder. he actually has trouble getting the food on his fork and takes the smallest bites. Everything actually is in slow motion.

He is having great difficulty getting dressed ,even with my help. Wlaks around aimlessly with no idea of where he is going. It gets sadder every day!

As far as incontenance, even though he does still use the bathroom sometimes, his depends is always wet when I check.Language skills almost nil.

he is falling deeper and deeper in the clutches of this entrapment..and there is nothing he (or I ) can do to stop the progression anymore. Still give the como meds but doubt they are doing anything anymore.

sorry the "B" on my laptop doesn't always print so many words missing it. Like Ro is actually Rob!

Sher, how weird that you mention him sleeping on the edge of the bed! Rollie does that too. I'm always worried he is going to fall out.

Ron used to walk VERY close behind me.. especially in a store.
If I would stop he would bump into me. Sometimes he would put his hands on my shoulders .. like he was steering me. Drove me absolutely nuts.. and we got a lot of "looks".
All these things.. these dozens and dozens of things are a part
of falling into the abyss.

Ken sleeps on the very edge of the bed as well. He also follows close behind me. I hate turning around and bumping into him. Ken is fallen deeper and deeper into the disease, but he still makes sense on occasion. He is becoming more paranoid and cannot explain to me what he is talking about. He still uses the bathroom by himself, but is missing the toilet more often. He still knows who I am. I think he may know the kids when he sees them, but I am not certain that he knows that they are his children. Rarely calls children or grandchildren by name. I don't think he knows their names.

How many years are you and Deborah into this? When were your husbands diagnosed? When did they start moving at a quicker rate?

Upon reflection, I believe the first symptoms occurred in 1999. A couple of bizarre happenings but we (and a psych) blew it off to stress. It was a very stressful time in 1999 so we thought was all it was.and it stayed that way, probably until 2007. He had PTSD so a lot of the memory issues were put down to the PTSD. He had an MRI in 2000 and his brain looked normal at that time.

Spring 2008, the memory problems were just too many and too big for us to think it could just be PTSD so he was evaluated again and this, PTSD with Early onset Alzheimer's. In summer 2008 he could hold a good conversation, drive a car, use power tools and today he cannot bath himself.

Just a few months ago, he could still shuffle his way to the bathroom - but he's just pee on the floor, in the trashcan, or on himself. Now, he can't even get out of bed. His seems to move much, much faster than anyone else's. So, don't let that discourage anyone.

Rob diagnosed early 2006 but Dr suspects started several years earlier. Stopped driving 2009 and biggest changes last 8 months or so.

I understand this as well.

My nana has fallen several times, once breaking her back & arm.

We try to watch her as much as possible, but it still isn't enough sometimes (esp. at night or preparing meals).

She can walk (slow/unsteady) but from her room to the kitchen or living room, we now use a wheelchair.

A walker only seemed to make this issue worse.