Thank You very much krazykt54 <katson44@...> wrote:Please do a search on HBO. They are having amazing results with restoring brain function after all types...
My wife seems to have shown more and more dimentia since she has been under care. She has just had her medicine changed modified to a large dose of Ceraquill,...
Danny...........i am not an expert by no means, but with what i have seen and experienced i personally believe that this can be true somewhat. Comparing Brian...
Hi Danny and everyone: I've been reading everyone's posts but unfortunately have been just so busy I haven't taken the time to respond. To answer your ...
... You do have a tough situation. That is the catch 22 here. He is capable of performing activities of daily living which makes him ineligible for skilled...
Since I have finally taken the time to post, I thought I'd add a little about myself so you don't have to go all through the archives. I found my mom on New...
Thanks so much for your advice. He did so poorly on his neuro-psych testing that it appears he may have a shot at being accepted into a nursing home. We'll...
You may be suprised as well, that once he is in a nursing home he will adjust and hopefully make some friends and forget what he fears. My mom doesn't ...
My wife Susan started taking Aricept about 8 days ago Since she went into a state of arogance and then a sudden since of awarness within a week. She is so with...
Hi Dan That is wonderful news. I was glad I logged on to the website before I had a meeting with my mums physchatrist I took a note of that med with me. My...
Hi Pam, I was just thinking that perhaps an Alzheimer's drug would help with your mother since she is showing some aggressive behaviour - from what I know of...
Hi Steve Thanks for that we are only going to try for a couple of months and see how it goes then I am reverting back to my original plan of the alzhemiers...
my father is currently in hospital and i have read up on this subject which seems to me the answer. he is an alcoholic and i had found him in a right...
Hi Pam: FYI: My mom has been on Exelon (which is similar to Aricept) since about September of 2003. She started on a gradual dose and will begin taking 6mg...
Hi My name is Pamela and like you to my mum ended up in hospital due to a seizure caused by alchohol withdrawl and ended up with this terrible condition. She...
Hi, The nursing homes seem so negitive about people getting better. It seems that the enviroment depress's the patient so much. It seems like your mom has had...
You do realize that Sundowners is a very real disorder and not just a behavior, it is not something that "we in nursing homes" use to describe a behavior. It...
I work in a nursing home, and I desperately wish my little wks patient could get better. We are not able to provide rehab for this disease. We are currently...
I couldn't agree more I see the pain in my mums face everytime I see her....if only she would have listened. It breaks my heart that this is the life she now...
Yes Jonell, I do realize that. It was heartbreaking to see. That is how the Director of Nursing at the nursing home my Mom was in last year described it to...
Please do not give up Your all she has I know the pain well Keep your faith and keep pushing the Doctors Nurseing homes are caregivers not healers work with...
IMy wife experienced sundowners and it is probley why the docter perciribed an additinoal nightime psyche drug with the arecept at nights I watched all the...
Hi Pamela , My name is Michele. After reading your posting about your mom, I felt like I was reading about myself. Except I wasn't friends with my mom. My...
Unfortuately I don't know of any books but here is the best article I have seen on the subject Click here: Wernicke's Encephalopathy and Korsakoff's ...
Hi all, I feel your pain of the recent posts. I have also felt this recently. I found an old photo of my dad, mum, myself and my sister it was Christmas...
Hi, I'm new my dad just started with the dementia in the last 2 weeks. No short-term memory, makes up stories. Any treatment ideas? Does it worsen over...
Dear Holly, Very sorry to hear about your father. Have a good look over the past postings on this site and you will learn some insights about the condition -...
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