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Comment on Being a full-time Care Giver can make you sick – 5 things you can do about it by Paula Schuck

Paula Schuck — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:12:40 +0000

Hi! This is a great article. I know all about this kind of stress and fatigue. Thanks! I will share it with others.

Paula Schuck
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Http://www.thriftymommastips.com/

Comment on Caregiver Stress and How To Avoid It – Part II by Stress as a Caregiver and How To Avoid It – Part II « Ultimate Health And Age

Wed, 09 May 2012 16:13:43 +0000

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Comment on As a Care-Giver Find the help you need from Support Groups, Forums and Books by caissg

caissg — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:52:36 +0000

Support groups are fantastic! They have provided more accurate information, more support, more ethical knowledge, more resolutions and so much more than any health provider combined. After all good health is what it is all about. Sincerely hope palliative care providers take a serious look into what support groups are doing beautifully as unpaid workers for each other.

thanks for sharing the thoughts in the article and three BIG cheers for all support groups.

Comment on Caregiver Stress and How To Avoid It – Part I by Stress as a Caregiver and How To Avoid It – Part I « Ultimate Health And Age

Tue, 08 May 2012 19:44:50 +0000

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Comment on What Happens to Intimacy When the Alzheimer’s or Dementia Sufferer is Your Spouse by Lorie Eber

Lorie Eber — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:23:31 +0000

I’d like to pose the next logical question: Might there come a time when the well spouse needs love and romance outside the marriage. Is this permissible? Is this something that should be discussed at the time of diagnosis?

Comment on Question often asked by the Adult Child caring for a Parent with Alzheimer’s — Will Mom forget me? by ~ Sandy

~ Sandy — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:53:49 +0000

Hello Jean Lee,
Oh, I can only imagine how sad that would be to watch both parents decline at near the same time. I hope that it helped them in some way to have each other, though neither remembered much of current events. They do tend to keep long-term memory much longer and probably shared many very old memories.

By the time my Mom was diagnosed my Mom’s second husband had recently passed away and she, also, had little memory of him within a year or so. Any memories they retain seem to be very very old ones from their youth.

It makes it difficult for us as those memories of us are their latest and the first to go. It is indeed a horrible disease, perhaps more so for the caregivers than for the person with Alzheimer’s.

I’m delighted to read excerpts from your story and I hope my readers will follow your blog as well. Thank you for sharing it with us. We all benefit from knowing what others have been through and we all try to learn and share here.

Our best wishes are with you,
Sandy

Comment on Question often asked by the Adult Child caring for a Parent with Alzheimer’s — Will Mom forget me? by Jean Lee

Jean Lee — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:14:12 +0000

Sandy, I’ve recently found you on twitter, and am relating strongly to your tweets and posts. Both of my parents were simultaneouly diagnosed with Alzheimer’s nearly a decade ago. I’ve written a memoir about my experience as their caretaker. It was heartbreaking to realize they no longer knew me in the last six to nine months of their lives. My mom died one year before my dad. After her death, Dad had no cognizance of their 66 years of marriage.

I’d be honored if you’d read excerpts of my manuscript at

http://jeanllee.blogspot.com/
and
https://www.facebook.com/AlzheimersDaughter

With my best to you and your readers,
Jean L. Lee

Twitter= jeanlee18

Comment on Mom’s Mirror Image and other Fears of Late-Stage Alzheimers by ~ Sandy

~ Sandy — Thu, 03 May 2012 01:00:57 +0000

I certainly understand. It is very sad to see a beloved parent change so much. Actually, the change you see is not them but the disease. The best you can do is to love them as they are each day.

I remember being disappointed over things Mom couldn’t do, only to have her doing new things that she hadn’t done before. My Mom had always been kind and generous but not one to show much emotion. As her Alzheimer’s progressed, she became Miss Lovey-Dovey. Actually, it was quite nice to have her hug and kiss us as she had never done when we were younger. The inhibitions and behavior changes that Alzheimer’s brings aren’t always bad.

You just love them for who they are each day as they have few choices with Alzheimer’s in control.

I wish the best for you and your Dad. Enjoy him, he sounds like a very sweet man. He’s fortunate to have such a caring daughter.

Sandy

Comment on Mom’s Mirror Image and other Fears of Late-Stage Alzheimers by Susan

Susan — Thu, 03 May 2012 00:30:57 +0000

My 74-year old father has mid-stage Alzheimer’s. It is truly heart breaking to see my once brilliant and talkative father evolve into a forgetful, fearful, and quiet person. Last week when I ate dinner with him; I randomly asked him which fruits does he enjoy eating these days. To my surprise, he could not recall the names of any fruit! So I drew pictures of fruits and asked Dad to name them. Sadly, he could only name 7 of the 16 different fruits I drew.
I pray to God everyday to heal my Dad.

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