Please let me apologize for my rude behavior.I just have so much on my
plate and i get frustrated at times.Trying to sell this place ,my son
was in jail,this house is so darn small,etc.,etc.'etc.
  I was wondering what you do when a LO forgets how to swallow?TY,Barb

Hey Everyone,
  Thanks for your welcomes. I think it was Bob who said there's nothing
going on. Well, I can use some help.
  My father is a month from 90. Although he is in a memory unit, I ee

Am I just wishing?  Don is starting his first week at full dose of
Namenda along with Aricept & he hasn't asked where the bathroom is the
past few days.  Could it be the new drug?  
He is usually dizzy--but he has been that way for many years...he takes

My dad (84) was being cared for by my mother (same age) until she
could no longer cope.  He went into an assisted living facility for
Alzheimer's patients for about a month until an opening became
available in a nursing home.  At the time he went into the assisted

Jennie,
Do you mind telling me the dosage you started the risperdol for your Mom and
had you ever tried the less dangerous antipsychotics such as ativan,
seroquel, etc?  We have tried all the less dangerous ones and they had an

Sorry if I have already posted about this in here? Things have been busy
and hectic around here lately and I just can't remember- although I am
sure I posted about this in one ng. I just can't remember if it was this
one or not?! LoL

My father still won't consider seeing a neurologist about his cognitive
impairment; others in the family have agreed to work on him when they can
come here, but that's not til summer.
He has actually been very steady since about September, with no real further

Subject: To My Children
When I spill some food on my nice clean dress
Or maybe forget to tie my shoes,
Please be patient and perhaps reminisce

I'm feeling guilty....   didn't come right home after my class today and
ended up being WAY later than I should have been....  so my MIL got hungry
.... and rather than having a ~milkshake~ or any of the baked goods or
puddings or other assorted snacks we leave for her, she tried to ...

Mary has just commented on this important issue in another post, and I
wanted to add to it.
Ida got into the strange habit of giving all her jewelry away.   Back then,
I mentioned it here, and it was suggested that we hide the more valuable

I am anticipating the time when my mother will stop talking.  Most of what
she says makes no sense, but she talks anyway.  My wife and I dont always
respond because it is so repetitive and nonsensical.  My mother gets
frustrated about it and yesterday, her 6th day on Nameda (plus ...

I'm still a newbie in all this. But, I think my mother really has no idea
what she has .. just goes ..
"I can't remember things"
"Things seem so strange"

Dear Friends,
You know how we have been having so much trouble with Ida in that she cannot
seem to figure out where to place her butt when sitting on a chair or the
toilet.   She always misjudges and ends up with only one cheek on and one

The Dr. prescribed Namenda for my mother's AD.  He said it is in addition to
the Reminyl she is taking.  Has anyone used it or know anything about it?

Ida keeps having "accidents" where she doesn't quite make it to the toilet
on time.   It is very hard for us to keep up with this problem.
I hope we can hold out a little longer if for only one reason;   For someone
in her shape it has to be even more confusing than it already is, ...