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...
God will reward you for caring for your husband!
He isn't awake yet, I hope he is feeling better today. Any advice?
About 2 months ago my dad figured out that he was not going to "get better". The meds that he thought would cure him will only give him some more time. As you can imagine this was devastating to him. He called up each of his kids to let them know...of course we all knew.
I know from the phone calls from my mom that this has been a very hard time. They fight alot, often over small things like where his glasses are. Since he is still functioning very well she still fights back. Soon she will realize that there is no point.
There is no answer. Some days are good and some are bad. The only hope is that the next day will be as good or better.