I am new here. I am 36 and I presently live with my grandmother, to help
care for her. We have always been very close until now. It seems, she
always wants to argue about everything. I try to just let it go in one
ear and out the other. I know she is probably very frustrated, I know ...

This is my first post to this group.  HI! My step dad has hired a health
care aide to help my mom who has moderate Alzheimer's.  She comes about 5
hours each day.  My mom has rejected her and is agitated when she comes for
the day.  She doesn't understand why she is there and ...

OK, The Big Day is looming ... we move Mom and Dad closer to me this Friday.
I went up this weekend to help pack, and Mom's confusion when things are
moved around is becoming evident. (She was cleaning out the pantry, and I
moved the trash can next to her to faciliate discards. No ...

I just returned from visiting with my Mother who lives in an Alzheimer's
Assisted Living facility.  In the past several months, she has slept most of
the day and was sleeping through the night also.  All of a sudden, she is
now awake during the day.  Nothing else has improved, she ...

Very cool!
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N15321776.htm

My mother is presently in a nursing home for recuperation of lung
surgery, but is also almost certainly an AD patient.  Her mother was
diagnosed with AD, and spent the last 10 years of her life in a
nursing home unable to recognize family.  My mother is exhibiting all

A group of MBA students are working to develop a new product for one
of our classes. We would really appreciate your feedback on its
development.
The survey should only take a couple of minutes.

I thought this was good.  I've been so sad over Reagan's death.
Trish
* IN MEMORY *
The Flag draped coffin,

Dear Friends,
I guess it's been more than  a month since I've taken time to write.
First of all, I must apologize to all of you;  I always make it a
point to read all of your postings before writing so that I know the

...HOW DO I RETRIEVE MY TEMPORARY PASSWORD, IN ORDER THAT I MAY REMOVE MYSELF FROM EMAIL LIST?
...YES I WILL REMAIN AS A LURKER, LEARNING WHAT I CAN, BUT THRU THE NEWSGROUPS, WHICH IS EASIER...THANKS ED

My name is JJ and I need help and advice. first of all, I am a widow of
2years lost my hubby to a brain tumor at 56
now I am a care-giver to mom. she has dementia and I am all to new to
this one. I AM going crazy ~~~~mom keeps repeating things over and over

I've been in touch for years with the newsgroup for epilepsy (because I
have epilepsy and volunteer to maintain the website for the Epilepsy
Foundation of Idaho) now I decided to find a support group for people
coping with family members who have dementia.

My mother's ophthalmologist recommended cataracts surgery a few months ago
and we made our plans to do it.  We went back to see him a few days ago and
changed our minds.  She is in the middle stages of alz and she constantly
picks at her face and draws blood.  When I put band aids ...

I had taken mom to the doctor and they gave her one of those simple test
like who is the president what is today's date. Doctor said  she has
short term memory loss,(but I  Iknew tha she had that)t and he gave her
something to improve her memory ARICEPT10MG  I never asked him if it ...

Hello, everyone :-)  I'm new to this group, and don't have time to lurk for
a while before posting, so here goes.....
I have a friend, whose husband has been given Alzheimer's medication by his
GP, after describing some symptoms to the doctor.  No tests were run, no