Reality:
I talk to mom on the phone several times a day.  Have not left my house
at all today.
Insanity:

Alzheimer's disease is characterized by progressive loss of cognitive
function due to amyloid-beta (A?) deposits in the central nervous system. If
these deposits could be stopped or slowed, Alzheimer's disease might become
more manageable. In the current issue of the Journal of ...

My 82 year old mother has been on Aricept for a year now and just started on
the starter pack for Memantine four days ago.  We had high hopes about it
but I am afraid we cant handle the behavioral effects.  I constructed a wall
about a year ago to keep her out of the kitchen and it ...

I don't mean to stir up political ill feeling with my sig line.  I post to
other newsgroups where we talk politics a lot.  I will try to remember to
deselect my sig while I'm here.

Is it usual for memory problems  to be more erratic with vascular dementia
as compared to AD?
Wife was dxed with vascular dementia in December and i'vr noticed that
sometimes her short term memory is markedly better than others.

LOL...just saw my sig line after I posted that it didn't work <red
face>
Today the owner from the senior care agency met with my parents, and
TaDa!, they are going to start with every two weeks! It took awhile

I have just finished reading a book that I think anyone connected to an AD
patient would find very interesting.  It is a God centered novel, but it has
lots and lots about the care of AD patients.  It is "Remember" by Karen
Kingsbury with Gary Smalley.  If any of you read it, I ...

The Red Sox..  Yeah team.
If you disagree, too bad I care not.

Today was probably one of the saddest and hardest days of my life. and
I don't mean to sound melodramatic, my heart hurts if you can
understand what I mean...
The plan was for my sister to call the doc beforehand and let him know

When I went down to the house for my daily "visit", Mum ignored me,
then wanted to know why I wasn't talking to her. She told me that no
one was taking her out of her home, the doc was going to treat her leg
problems, and she would start doing more. As gently as I could I

We went to the doctor today and got Mom on aricept. Doctor was asking a few
more questions to make sure it was appropriate -- after all her MMSE is 29.
But I told her three incidents that occurred in the last two weeks and she
agreed meds were in order.

sorry I dont feel much like talking about it...it was hard...he is dying
and out of his mind (which has nothing to do with his illness)...mom is
driving me crazy with the constant repetitions and delusions and she is
SO mean to me.....just wanted to check in...more later when I feel ...

doing great, my cars fixed so took him out to dinner once, will do next week
too. Hes had the dog some nights, and a good few whil i was in London
filming a  tv show, asked him a few weeks in advance, and about 20 other
times running up to it, but he forget each one saying that was ...

Alum, Alzheimers and Aluminum ?
Alum is a product used to treat water, it acts as a nucleous to
attract particles in water, filtering it, unfortunately the end result
is that you have higher concentrations of aluminum in the water.

I have been lurking for quite a while on your board and wanted to say
hello and thanks for all of the valuable information I have gleaned.
My mother was diagnosed with Vascular Dementia in February and is
currently taking Exelon, which has helped her immensely.  Every day is