....well, mostly, anyway ... still spending some time at my friend's ....
going out first thing every morning ... coffee over there, then off to work
in peace & quiet for a few hours...   getting a lot more time to work on MY
stuff without the constant interuptions and ...

Today we will be burying Ida's cremains in her cemetery plot and having a
memorial service with her Pastor from her own church from NY city.
This way some of her old friends can attend.   She will be buried in the
same grave with her husband, her sister and sister's husband.    We ...

Medicare to look closely at adult day care
Monday, August 15, 2005; Posted: 10:09 a.m. EDT (14:09 GMT)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The Medicare insurance program for the elderly and
disabled soon will try out a possibly cheaper way to help people recover

Wish me luck!   Today is the day that I'm taking my mother who has dementia
and my brother who is in somewhat denial about it to an assisted living
facility to check it out.   I just hope my brother won't find an excuse to
not to go with us.   He keeps saying that Mom will let ...

Dad called tonight. He announced he has made arrangements to get to the
surgeon on Wednesday without my help and will take my mom to her doctor's
appointment on Thursday. Sum total of conversation. Obviously he no longer
wants my help on anything. Now I have to figure out the ...

Dad called tonight. He announced he has made arrangements to get to the
surgeon on Wednesday without my help and will take my mom to her doctor's
appointment on Thursday. Sum total of conversation. Obviously he no longer
wants my help on anything. Now I have to figure out the next ...

Hi,I have had Dementia for almost two years now.  Aricept has been very
effective.  My tests show no progression of the disease.  I have
multi-infarc Dementia.  I would like to say to families and friends of
people in the early stage, let them talk, cry, whatever they need.  That ...

I've been sitting here feeling stressed out about the current situation with
my dad, and I started scrolling back through the history of my posts on this
newsgroup.
One, it helped me see that as early as two years ago I was seeing reasoning

Dad did not take my comments well. He says he has "no complaints" from my
mom about her care (!) but he would move to AL with her when *she* says it
is time.
(Yeah, Dad, throw the blame and responsibility on a woman who has a brain

Dad did not take my comments well. He says he has "no complaints" from my
mom about her care (!) but he would move to AL with her when *she* says it
is time.
(Yeah, Dad, throw the blame and responsibility on a woman who has a brain

Ok I am so lost right now.....and I dont know where to turn.....Mom is
totally lsing it and I feel so lost and I have no idea what to
do...anyway sorry for inturding I just dont know what to do...HELP ME!!!
My dad

Last Thursday Ruth passed away.  Her pain is over.

I posted a message a short time ago about my brother being in denial about
our mother's dementia even though she's had it for almost 12 years now.   He
has been taking her to Florida to live alone every winter for several years
now.   Finally Mom told him she didn't want to go to ...

Hello everyone;
A first time newsgroup user here.
My Mom has been on Aricept for approximately two years now, and although it
did originally seem to slow down the progression of her dementia, it does

I've been quiet recently because my dad went back in hospital last Thursday.
His pacemaker was infected, so it had to be removed (friday) and new one put
in (yesterday) in new location, plus lots of antibiotics, dressing changes,
close monitoring of blood sugar (diabetic), etc. ...