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...
Is Alzheimer's curable? What are the symptoms? Is it a neurological disorder which only affects the elderly? How about youngsters? I have got so many doubts on this. Can someone help me to clear my doubts?
My mother is in her early 60's. But she started showing signs of memory loss. My wife is of the view that mamma is in her early stages of dementia. Since both I and my wife are working, when we go to the office, mamma is alone at home. So both of us cannot work at peace. I am afraid whether she will move out of the house carelessly. I am planning for security alarm installation, with CCTV cameras so that I or my wife can monitor her although she is alone at home. What do you guys think about it??? Is it worth? Will it be effective? By the way, we are planning to take mamma to a doctor. If she is in her early stages of dementia, we want to treat her.
I respect your desire to "honor" your mom. Right now my husband and I are helping to take care of our four aging parents and I understand how taxing that can be. But, we feel very blessed to be able to be here for them. Blessings to you!