I'm getting frustrated.... sometimes I wish I could just crazy glue her butt
to her chair...
AZ and heart failure are a lousy combination .... physically she's just not
up to much ... but her judgement is so poor that she just doesn't know

Pictures of the brain and PET scans.
http://www.alzheimers.org/unraveling/07.htm

Dear Friends,
I think the last time I wrote I told you that John had been switched
back to 10mg of namenda as the 10 twice a day was too much---
In my opinion, the namenda probably made John worse in the long run

Yesterday we got to check out the local ER for the first time since Mom and
Dad relocated. She had one of her "spells" -- woozy, lightheaded, turned
cold and clammy, sweating profusely. Dad acted as if nothing unusual, and I
called the EMS. (This woman is six-weeks post-pacemaker, ...

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called over today, not seen him for a couple of weeks, he goes to the
hospital twice a week and just got back, memory place with others, he says
he likes it, free food and a lift home, seems to be in high spirits, my GF
says hes doing well, told him when i got my car back on the ...

First I would like to thank those that replied to my question "Tell mom
or not?" The advice given was very very helpful.
The family got their mom checked in yesterday and I'm sure some of you
can relate when I tell you how hard it was to tell her that she was

Aside from the other difficulties and changes, one thing I've noticed with my
MIL is almost a freedom to "speak her mind."  Although some of her comments are
so off-the-wall (yet pertinent to the situation), I have to do a double-take.
For example, on our most recent visit, we spent ...

Turkey in the straw - I really agree - you should be getting paid.
After all, if you were not pitching in, your sister would be obliged
to make  costly arrangements for an alternative - either moving her in
with them entirely, and hiring respite help or putting her in daycare,

Reading these posts makes me wonder if I took my Mother of of Namenda too
soon. She was on it for 4 weeks with 10 mg twice a day as prescribed by her
doctor. He said Namenda goes well with Aircept. Problem was we saw her
change real fast. Obvious sign was her preoccupation or ...

I posted a week or so back about trying to come up with a concise
explanation of a communication problem I am seeing with my father.  Well
this afternoon, he gave me a perfect example of it.  This went in my journal
of his cognitive problems today:

My father and I -- two bachelors and two cats sharing a small house near the
water (salt air coats everything if the windows are open, about as fast as I
could wipe it down), I've long since given up trying to keep the house super
clean, or even terribly tidy; I concentrate on ...

My name is Jane and my father is Larry.  He'll be 71 years old June 30th.
He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's 13 months ago.  My father had been pretty
forgetful for most of our lives so when he was diagnosed us kids, 21, 38,
41, 43, if you can consider us kids, were shocked.  Anyway, ...

Im going to put a few pics of my late nan and granddad online in a few days
when i get time, 'her indoors' has got me spring and summer cleaning all at
once, no doubt be well into the autumn by the time i finnsh!!  I just cant
thorw anything away, empty jam jar, plastic food tub or ...

My mother is 65, diabetic, had breast cancer, diagnosed with Early
Onset Alzheimer's, and has recently had to move into a nursing
facility. All of this occurred within the last 3 to 4 years ago, with
the hardest events for me occurring in the last year.