My mother has been on Namenda for two months now and for Aricept for over a
year now.  The Namenda is a huge disappointment for me.  Before Namenda she
was still washing her clothes in the bathroom sink.  She would hang them up
to dry.  Now she has quit and says she will wash them ...

Doing ok, raley get to see him, still without a car is why.
Saw him last week and he was going away to the countryside for a few days
with his sister in law, got back yesterday so no doubt kept busy gardening
etc etc.

Subject: What retired folks do all day...
Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days
interesting. Thought you'd might like to see what happened to me last week.
I went to the store the other day. I was only in there for about 5 minutes.

My mother is 82 and her movement of legs has been difficult for several
months.  Her general physician stated is was just age and arthritis.  Since
it seemed to get worse, she had an MRI and a neurologist diagnosed her with
a form of "frontal dementia", and said the normal ...

My 92 year old mother has just been put on Respirdal to calm her
agitation. She also gets Elavil in the evening.
Does anyone have experience with long term use of this medication? It
seems to work although she is a little more disoriented. Ativan really

Almost all of Ida's clothing is gone.   She had about 14 outfits and now
there are only about 5 left.   All the socks are missing but a couple of
pairs.   I went to the laundry area to look through the lost and found of
unlabeled clothing, and nothing was there.

I've posted here a few times and have always received such great help
(Thanks!!) so here I go again with another request for help/ advice.
My Mum has had AD for the past 3 years.  She is still living at home with my
Dad but she cannot do anything for herself and she is now at a ...

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My LO w/AD is an elderly gentleman who was diagnosed about 7 or 8 years
ago. When I first met him about 6 or 7 years ago he was recognizably
impaired only to those who knew him (I didn't realize until I was told).
Since then he has forgotten who I am (I married in to the family), ...

finally going to go to the Alzheimer's Association meeting here in Brownsville, the first of June.  
You guys have convinced me.  I wonder if it is appropriate in that setting to ask people to recommend a doctor for Mom?  She  has her allergic post nasal sinus drainage going on ...

When I read Evelyn's posts about Ida, Tumbleweeds, Songbirds.
And I got my own grief.  Which finally reached the point where I am
meeting with professional conselors because I finally had to admit I
could not do it alone.

I have posted once before to this group about my mum. In 2003 after she
vomitted a lot and felt dizzy continuously more or less for 4 days, she was
admitted to hospital. In the first hour or two of this stay, whilst in A&E
(the UK equivalent of ER) she lapsed into what I can only ...

Just to update you on this...
I spoke to my (and indeed mum's) Doctor on the phone earlier this morning
after suggestions from several of you to find out *exactly* what she is
suffering from. I asked straight out if she had dementia and he said "no,

What is one to do with a father who is wearing down our mother.  We
finally got her into going to adult day care 2 half days per week.
She just loves it, but everytime she gets ready to go he starts in on
her and makes her feel guilty about leaving him.  We have told him

One of the options I am pursuing for my folks is a "lifeline" type system
where help can be summoned easily even if one is home alone. Does anyone
here have experiences with any of these companies with accompanying
endorsements or condemnations?