
Dementia Support Group
Dementia is the progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Particularly affected areas may be memory, attention, language and problem solving, although particularly in the later stages of the condition, affected persons may be disoriented in time, place and person (not knowing who they...

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My mom was diagmosed with dementia of the alzheimer's type 3 years ago.
6 months ago she was rediagnosed with multi intfarct vasular dementia.........(basically mini strokes that damage the brain)
I am her only child and full time caregiver, she now lives in my home.
She is/was a very intelligent woman...and knows something is wrong... I have explained some of the disease to her and she seems to grasp it. Other times her dellusions get her worked up. (aparently it is common to accuse the caregiver)
As an EMT I was taught to be honest and not give false hope...I'd rather explain gently whats wrong than lie to her...I occaisionaly go along with her delusions though just to keep her calm.
Does anyone else tell their parent/patient the truth about this disease???
6 months ago she was rediagnosed with multi intfarct vasular dementia.........(basically mini strokes that damage the brain)
I am her only child and full time caregiver, she now lives in my home.
She is/was a very intelligent woman...and knows something is wrong... I have explained some of the disease to her and she seems to grasp it. Other times her dellusions get her worked up. (aparently it is common to accuse the caregiver)
As an EMT I was taught to be honest and not give false hope...I'd rather explain gently whats wrong than lie to her...I occaisionaly go along with her delusions though just to keep her calm.
Does anyone else tell their parent/patient the truth about this disease???
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If not, the time is past to explain what is wrong with her. Just use redirection or the white lie method. Is it realistic or kind to have her go through the sadness and mourning stage each time you explain it?
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Morganfairy
I went to the Alz.Soc.and didn't tell Mom.
My sister went too but she took Mom with her.
My mother cooperates with my sister better than she does with me so Mom is willing to go for the assessment set for Oct.1st.
From what I can understand it doesn't hurt for them to know.
Because they do know something is wrong. I asked Mom a question yesterday and rather not letmeknow she didn't know how to answer she just made something up.
They try to hide it God love them. She is fighting this so much.
But in the end stages, when they have forgotten your name telling them all of the horrible things that are going on in their own lives is neither kind nor reasonable.
Some questions need common sense answers. This is one of them.