A great book about Alzheimers Disease

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KPW - 09 Sep 2004 00:40 GMT

I have found a book that has been a great resource for me. I have not
finished reading it yet but I have worked my way through most of it.
"Alzheimer's Early Stages" by Daniel Kuhn, M.S.W. It is a great help
in understanding the early stages of the disease. Just with the first
few chapters I was able to realize that Dad has had alzheimers for a
long time. There are things that I can remember that now make sense.
My dad is still in the early stages of the disease and this book has
helped me understand the disease and what my father is going through.

I do recommend it.

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Mary Gordon - 09 Sep 2004 14:53 GMT

I hope you've also taken your dad to the doctor for a proper medical
evaluation and confirmation of the diagnosis. There are a lot of
causes of dementia, and they can look pretty similar in the early
stages, but follow quite different paths in terms of how they evolve,
behaviours they can cause, potential treatments, survival time etc.

Mary G.

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KPW - 14 Sep 2004 01:16 GMT

(Mary Gordon) wrote in message >
I hope you've also taken your dad to the doctor for a proper medical

> evaluation and confirmation of the diagnosis. There are a lot of
> causes of dementia, and they can look pretty similar in the early
> stages, but follow quite different paths in terms of how they evolve,
> behaviours they can cause, potential treatments, survival time etc.

Yes, my father has been officially diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease.
He has had several MRI, EEG's, and several other tests. He has seen
a neurologist, psychologiest, as well as a Geriatrics Specialist. The
MRI's definitely point to Alzheimer's and not a stroke or mini
strokes.

That is why this book as been so helpful, not to help diagnoses him,
but to understand the disease better.

Kathy

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Songbird - 14 Sep 2004 02:45 GMT

> I have found a book that has been a great resource for me. I have not
> finished reading it yet but I have worked my way through most of it.
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> My dad is still in the early stages of the disease and this book has
> helped me understand the disease and what my father is going through.

I read this one also several months ago and found it helpful. My mom has
vascular dementia, and so many of the dementia-related books dwell on the
moderate to late stages. I need to know what to look for NOW in order to
help her the most and to help my dad understand. I can't get him to read
anything on the subject (denial/fear) so I am having to educate as best I
can, and I found this one helpful.

Songbird

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KPW - 15 Sep 2004 00:06 GMT

"Songbird" <song2871@yahoo.com> wrote

> I read this one also several months ago and found it helpful. My mom has
> vascular dementia, and so many of the dementia-related books dwell on the
> moderate to late stages. I need to know what to look for NOW in order to
> help her the most and to help my dad understand. I can't get him to read
> anything on the subject (denial/fear) so I am having to educate as best I
> can, and I found this one helpful.

Songbird, that is the same thing I found. Everything I found dealt
with the later stages. But this book helped me understand what my dad
was going through and how to deal with it. My dad didn't want to know
about his disease either. He knew he was losing his memory and that
he would lose more of it in the future. He didn't want to know about
the disease he wanted to spend more time with his family. I took it
upon myself to become educated about the disease and to learn to deal
with it...that way I can make the most of the time I get to spend with
him.

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