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However, after my dad's brain surgery left him with dementia and he joined my uncle at the nursing home, I became more aware of my responsibility. My mother was also failing more, and so I'd lost the support they had offered while caring for my uncle. I found myself spending even more time at the nursing home, and keeping an even closer eye on things.
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How many of you, who have a person with Alzheimer's by your side, are getting a good night's sleep? Does a night here and there knowing your loved one is cared for, while you sleep, sound good?
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What the systems don't catch, however, are all the over-the-counter medications we take. As our emails flew back and forth, I was able to gather from the concerned daughter that her mother was good about getting her prescriptions at one drugstore, but she still had a feeling that something was amiss. She felt her mother was too groggy in the morning for someone who'd had a good night's sleep
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I've been alerted to the fack that some can't download the PDF that I posted from the Michigan Dementia Coalition titled, "Knowledge and Skills Needed for Dementia Care" - (thanks Michelle, for letting me know).
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MedHelp provides its users with access to advice from experts at the top medical institutions such as the Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins Medicine, National Jewish, Partners Health, and Mount Sinai.
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Even if we're not running marathons, local metro gyms are flooded with boomers working out and striving to stay healthy enough to stay employed (through need or choice). We are learning new technology.
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Some people do very well on drug therapy, and it's not likely their doctors will want to take them off in order to experiment, especially since it has been shown that going off the medications, and then returning to them, can sometimes lose ground for the patient.
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Michelle Munson-Mccorry of Complete Compassionate Care was kind enough to send me this excellent PDF titled "Knowledge and Skills Needed for Dementia Care - A Guide for Direct Care Workers in Everyday Language
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She tells the story of a family who had their mother diagnosed with dementia, and then decided to get a second opinion from a geriatrician. The diagnosis? Too many medicines interacting with on another.
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Yes, if you try them, and they work for you, you can begin your own networking business, though you don't need to. Some people make a living at it. I don't use it that way. I just use the products and people who see how well I'm doing ask and I give them information.
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Many conditions, such as Alzheimer's, that require a caregiver involve memory loss, which can make communication difficult. Following these tips can help ease the difficulty.
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I want to share with you what it has been like to lose a brother and the effect my dementia had on dealing with that loss
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we learn about a neurosurgeon named Andres Lozano who was studying deep-brain stimulation for obesity patients. The patient he was working on showed little change in his weight, however his memory skyrocketed.
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I have a son who has struggled, since early grade school, with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. He's had to try to make people understand what it's like for a child to live with what people perceive as "an old people's disease."
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For the last several decades, Ann has had no problem loading her dishwasher, washing her clothes or making her bed. No big deal, you know? That is until her widowed father moved in with Ann and her family.
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