I'm new to this group and I have a question concerning the treatment of
AD related agitation with drugs. Browsing around this group's postings
I've got the impression that this is a major no-no. My question is why
is it so?

Hello Group,
First of all let me say hi to you all, I have only been reading the group
for the past few days as our 'situation' is so new.  My godmother who is 77
has been acting rather strangely for the past few months....forgetting

Today I called Senior Services and asked to speak to a supervisor....I
explained they had a case for my mom last summer and that since then she
has detiorated ...I filled her in on what is going on and she told me
they would reopen the case ....but now heres the clincher...she said ...

A new independent study, conducted at the University of Birmingham, UK,
reveals that a popular prescription drug for Alzheimer's disease,
Aricept, offers no real benefit to Alzheimer's patients compared to
placebo.

DRIVE YOUR KARMA -- CURB YOUR DOGMA
Swami Beyondananada's Ten Guidelines for Enlightenment
1. Be a Fundamentalist -- ensure that the Fun always comes before the
Mental. Realize that life is a situation comedy that will never be canceled.

Haven't gotten to be around here as much lately as I would of liked to
have been.
Got my self propelled bagger mower going Friday and got about a 1/3 of
the yard mowed. Also a lot of smaller limbs and pinecones picked up and

To agree with imagined people  in walls,or windows , imagined children (
that she sees in apartment, fireplace, or walls) or correcting her that
they are not there?  What do you do???? We are at our wits end.
Lorene

When I'm out shopping for groceries, I see lots of people purchasing
bottles of Ensure. Typically they are older people, and they are buying
it by the cartload, it seems. The front label of the product says
'Complete, balanced nutrition to help stay healthy, active and

Ok bear with me a minute....back to the issue of my moms rent....series
of events....checks came early...Mom got it before sis did cause sis was
sick in bed....I called the manager of the building and he said mom came
over and asked him if he wanted cash or money order...and was on ...

my continuing hell is irritating yall....
I thought this was a support group for people with LOs with
dementia...so how can anyone who is dealing with is tell someone else
its a black and white issue....I dont get it...it IS NEVER Gonna be over

Mom is having a fit saying she paid the man (who lives next door and
collects rents) CASH
Me and sis have been ignoring her but Sis called me a few minutes ago
and said she is gonna go talk to him...I hope she asks him in front of

We had all sorts of thunder,lightening,rain and wind in my part of NE
Texas last night. The worst was somewhere around midnight. Lightening
hitting so close 2 or 3 times that I could well hear it even though I
didn't have my hearing aid on! :-( Now that's loud! LoL The lights went

My mother in -law thinks my husband (her son) is her dead husband  and I
am his girl friend.   We keep telling her that he is her son.
She also gets up in the middle of the night and wants to know where the
children are.

http://www.healthscout.com/news/1/525088/main.html
This article, apparently posted on Monday, warns that the use of
anti-psychotic meds for elderly dementia patients may have adverse
health affects, mainly heart problems and infections.

Hi People
I am looking for a Shower Chair and after much searching on the
internet I cannot work out which one is the best.
Probably the best product I have looked at would be one called a Shower