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Status: 12/30/16.... Starting over again...
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- My Mom was really ill a year ago. To a point that everything was a struggle. High BP from Cardiomyopathy ,COPD and macular degeneration...almost blind in one eye. This year she has more mobility and better reasoning with the help of meds.I often...
- I am so happy to see my Mom elect positive changes and add PT to her routine. It comes with the help of medication that she can manage her emotions. And that I made her start going out to get her own ice cream treats. She has to have them.So PT is...
- Well, another funny moment came along the other day. Mom was trying too find a channel so she could watch a show. She would move the channels one by one from 4 to 100 and back down. I often wait before doing it for her or asking as I try to...
- I went to the DR today after romping around a 7 acre property for a couple of hours.Lost track of time so went as is. I had a few burrs and stick tights from the brushes.Mud on my shoe. Red face from being in a cold wind with a thin jacket. On my...
- Well, all the ups and downs, memory loss and dementia. Now, Mom says he next husband will have to be more social than my Dad but as intelligent.So, I take it she is lonesome. I know her two friends from high school (they are 85!!!) write her 3...
- The reason why I lost it goes with a very long story that seems to lose importance with time, Yet with this time my raising my voice to my Mom really stings me.She doesn't seem to care. She is very good at arguing and telling people off. But I cant...
- Hi, this is an update about the Mom is Breaking,Mom finally told me she was losing it and wanted help. She was so ill, I used a wheel chair to get her into the DR. Medication has been key for her. It has given her peace and focus again.She is...
- It has been a long road to here ..my mom is breaking down. She told me several times that she is having a nervous break down and felt like screaming and running through the house.So, we will be going to the memory clinic. Unless she balks on this...
- This resource was found by staff in a non profit hospital in my town.It is the public service admin. re Agency on Aging site. Since they serve and protect all of us, seniors and caregivers, it seems a handy connection.I hope it is appropriate to...
- This was given to me today from the local hospital in my town, I finally found local support to help me with the stresses and challenges of being a caregiver. An hour today helped turn my grief into relief. My blood pressure even came down to...
- I am just in the worse place right now. My Mom is accusing me of elder abuse. It is not close to the truth. She offered to slap me is the reality. She was mad because someone in the family told her I said she was having memory issues.I thought this...
- This is odd. I feel like I just met my mother. She is so different than what I know her to be. I know this is part of dementia. And something with CHF and lack of oxygen to the brain. On my part, I have learned to be as agreeable as possible. It...
- Hi, has anyone ever noticed that their parent becomes unsettled when a full moon has risen? Even during a cloudy evening?I had heard this before from friends who care for seniors in nursing homes. Not terribly superstitious but have experienced this...
- Hi. A year ago I began looking at the Caring for Aging Parents group. I felt like a new comer and a bit shy. I would chime in if I could when people would write things that seemed so much like my circumstance . And all the advice given to me has...
- You wont believe this. Mom wants the remaining things of my fathers to be "attended to" and the room painted, by me.Pushed her around Home store in a wheel chair. 3 hours picking out this and that. Fix this. Do that. All ok really.She was out, rare,...