August, Thanks for posting this great link. This should be of great
help to many people who come to this list wanting basic info on how to
cope. Ironically, I came to this board to post for the first time in
many months, because I ran across this article from Mayo Clinic on MSN

Well, we never are ready.  Even after 20 years.  My mother passed away last
week (Feb.12) after suffering from Alzheimer's for at least 20 years.  Now,
I know that is not the norm to live quite that long with it, but we began
seeing "signs" of it at least as far back as 1987.  I ...

Hi again,
I posted a couple months back about how to get my mom to undergo the
geriatric center eval.  The replies were very helpful (not so much in
getting her to the eval, but in helping me to DEAL with her....).

Study Participants Needed!
We are developing a new website for caregivers of people with
Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia. The website will
provide information and support to caregivers. This project is being

The doctor prescribed Aracept for him but it had so many side effects.  He
was dizzy, wanted to throw up and just didn't feel well.
I have said he is very tired but not able to sleep, which doesn't make sense,
does it?

I'm hoping it has to do with the cold she seems to have caught but for
the first time my mother did not seem to be able to lift her head.
Balance was worse than usual as well.  I think I'd heard that this may
happen eventually cold or no cold and I'm wondering if there's anything ...

A GEEZER TEST
1. In the 1940's, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches located?
a. On the floor shift knob
b. On the floorboard, to the left of the clutch

My mother was a patient in the Citrus Heights ManorCare facility early
last year.  Abruptly she was dismissed when her Medicare ran out (as
in a couple of days notice when I was out of town), so I opted to keep
her in ManorCare for a partial month.  To facilitate this, I wrote a

Hello everyone - thank you for taking the time to read this.
My mother is 91 lives alone and cares for herself.  However, she has
been "seeing" people come in her apartment, mostly during the night but
recently in the daytime too.

A while ago I was contacted by a woman doing an article about alzheimers
treatment with Risperdol.   Apparently she saw something I posted about Ida
having been on it.    Anyway she asked me a few questions, and it seems that
she will be quoting me in an article.   It is ...

Not AD related, but these are becoming popular gifts and everyone here seems
to have a computer.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/15/BU47V0VOH.DTL&type=b
usiness

Sure hope everyone is doing ok.I havent gotten a post in days.barb

A young ventriloquist is touring the clubs and one night he's doing a
show in a small town in Texas . With his dummy on his knee, he starts
going through his usual dumb blonde jokes. Suddenly, a blonde woman in
the 4th row stands on her chair and starts shouting: 'I've heard enough

Early Onset AD   http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alzheimers/AZ00009
How AD progresses
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alzheimers-stages/AZ00041
AD drugs slow progression of disease