Learning and sharing information to support loved ones with Alzheimer's and Dementia--
When my Mom was hospitalized for tests due to shortness of breath and other symptoms of pneumonia, she was totally confused the entire time she was in the hospital. She had been to this same hospital many times for tests and such, but had never needed an overnight stay. This time she was hospitalized for [...]
For as long as I can remember, my Mother kept a neat and tidy home . Even when my brothers and I were youngsters, terrorizing the place by sliding down waxed floors in socked feet, our home was neat as a pin. My Mom was a gentle woman raised in the era shortly after the [...]
Alzheimer’s/Dementia, Hearing and Language Several years before my Mom was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, my brother contacted me about Mom’s behavior at a family gathering which I did not attend. He stated that he’d tried several times to have a conversation with mom to no avail. She would either talk in circles, having no idea what [...]
On one particular morning Mom called to complain that her Television would not work. She had long been infatuated with Bob Barker and the Price Is Right. And more recently, TV had become her all-time favorite pastime since it required little interaction. Mom could no longer watch movies or soap operas or serial television with [...]
