Has anyone noticed that there loved ones appears to have no
perrifeal(sp) vision?My mom seems to see only what she is looking
directly at.Something can be 2 inches above it and she will not see
it.Barb

Given the responses it kicked off last year here in the newsgroups, I
would like to annually address the biomechanical effects of shoes on
human degenerative diseases.  Most people still think the idea stinks.
Yet it seems to me that shoes on the feet are like germs on the hands.

On January 4th, my Dad was admitted to a hospital.  When he called me to
take him to the hospital, saying he could hardly breathe, I called my sister
to let her know, and she said it was probably just Dad's panic/anxiety
attacks again.

How common is it for Alzheimer's patients to take anti-anxiety
medication?
My mother (Alzheimer's and Diabetes patient) lives in a senior
citizen complex and enjoys her apartment and the friends she has made

How popular is taking both Menantine and Aricept? My mother had been
taking Aricept and now has replaced the Aricept with Menantine (about 2
months ago). This occurred after a request from our family and not at
the suggestion of her doctor. We were hoping Menantine would prove more

I've been on 5mg of Aricept for some months (3-4). I, briefly, increased to 10mg
but, after two days, found the side-effects to invasive and went back to the
earlier dose (subsequent to discussing it with my Neurologist).
Now, even at the lower dose, I'm tempted to drop it ...

Picked him up Thur, he spennt a couple of days getting spoit, granddad
seemed fine.
I asked hi last week to drill a couple of holes in a car radiator support, i
asked him if he had done it, he said he couldnt remember so i took a look,

I need help keeping my mother with Alzheimers from trying to get up and
try to walk as she is so frail she'll fall down.  She can no longer use
a walker so I move her around with a wheelchair but she keeps trying to
get up.  I can't get anything done because I can't leave her alone ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/4171971.stm

got the harware removed this morning ok.  i am supposed to take it easy this
week and no phys therapy till i get the ok again from the doctor.

I cannot change it due to some classes I am taking
that configure it this way in Outlook.
Sorry. You guys that are having a hard time
with it please watch for me and delete :)

started off getting a very late start on my (4+  hours each way) day trip to
deliver kid back to college (I am SO going to miss having an extra body
available to mamasit) and visit my grandmother because my MIL woke up before
I could get kid organized and out of here... could NOT ...

I found a person to come in and help a few nights a week, Finally. Any input on making that transition less scary for Ma?

My client is on Aricept and Namenda (the latter twice a day). In
addition to this, she's been drinking a cup of "Think O2" tea, that has
ginko biloba in it.
I've been giving it to her with her meds twice a day consistently for a