Interesting and timely article on voting for patients with Alzheimer's:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18916-2004Sep13.html

Oh man...what a week.  My mom has been very on edge the last week and a half or
so, ever since my attempts to get her into day care... she's starting Zyprexa
but it hasn't had time to work yet.  The least thing I do or say not absolutely
to her liking gets her outraged and crying.  ...

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

My mom is in the mid- to late-stage of Alzheimers.   She is in a
wonderful assisted living facility that caters only to Alzheimers and
dementia.
But lately my mom, who is absolutely blind without her glasses, has

Did you think I had packed my bags and left town? I must admit it was tempting.
Anyway, there was one ECT treatment, and I noticed no negative side effects,
but I decided I wanted to hold off for a while. The ordeal of transporting
Mother (through tropical storm Frances I might add) ...

Eur J Nutr. 2004 Sep 3 [Epub ahead of print] Related Articles, Links  
A decrease in iron status in young healthy women after long-term daily
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Haven't been in here in months. So don't know if anyone will remember me
or not? Also don't remember if I was posting back in May when my Mom had
a light stroke and went in the hospital for a few days?
Maybe a month ago we got a home health care worker who comes in twice a

I've posted here before...I'm posting under a different screen name tonight so
my email address won't be recognized by any involved parties who might read
this group.
I'm so frustrated and pissed off.  I've come to realize that the biggest burden

Does anyone else here feel that Alzheimers and maybe other dementias are
underdiagnosed, and that the percentages of seniors with these illnesses are
higher than the statistics say?
Considering that Alzheimers is hard to detect in early stages and that denial

This is fascinating... it says being happy can slow down your aging
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/040912_happyagefrm.htm

Please forgive me for not being more supportive to everyone here lately, but
I'm working on a change for the better. This has been a rough two weeks. The
loss of two freinds, Mother's dramatic and negative change. On Tuesday morning
(after the phone call re: my second friend's ...

The Houston Chronicle this morning is carrying a report of a study published
this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association that found that
caregivers of Alzheimers patients do not feel better after placing their LO
in a nursing home; that most caregivers felt just as ...

    My friend Evan died this morning.  It happened so quickly.  One month
ago he went into the hospital with a bout of aspiration pneumonia.  After
two days they released him.  Another two days later he was ordered into a
nursing facility by his geriatric doctor.  After a week ...

If it don't rain it pours..
My mother just  found out that she needs a triple bypass. She
was scheduled for knee replacement surgery and failed a stress test.
The heart catherization showed she has 3 significantly blocked

Dear Friends,
Here's an update of sorts---First of all, I really have outdone myself
this time on falling behind--- there are so many new people here---sorry
you have had to join our group but you have found a wonderful