The effects of Alzheimers and Vascular dementia??
Question: I need to know the effects of Alzheimers and vascular dementia on the patient and their family. Can anyone help me please.
Answers: My Mother has this. They just slowly lose all ability to do anything for themselves. It takes years. At first, she was just very forgetful. Then, it got to where she couldn't be trusted to be by herself. She was forgetting to pay bills and such. Then she got sick with cancer. And before she got bad, she had power of attorney given to my sister. So nothing bad would happen to all of her stuff and she could make medical decisions. It has been about 10 years now, and sadly, we just had to admit her into a nursing home last week. She's getting to hard to care for. She doesn't use the bathroom right, doesn't eat right, nothing. She doesn't really even know us kids. But, somewhere in her mind, she knows she knows us and loves us. But, she does not comprehend that we are actually her children. Not a clue. She no longer recognizes her brothers and sisters. That is because they have not been around enough. The only ones she kinda knows, is us kids and her grandkids. And it's because we are around alot. It just slowly robs you of all your memory. And anything you know how to do. Even simple things. Like making toast, or coffee, or changing clothes, etc.. It's a sad thing to go through. My sister has had the worst. Being the main caretaker. But we have all had a hard time with it. We really have already lost our Mother. She has been gone for some time now. But, her body is still with us and that little sparkle in her eye when she sees us. And we are not willing to give that up yet. We take what we can get. It's hard. If you need more, just email me and I'll write back. This is a really tough thing to go through. Well wishes.
well there´s one thing i can tell you about alzheimer: you alwas get to know new people. :)
Answers: My Mother has this. They just slowly lose all ability to do anything for themselves. It takes years. At first, she was just very forgetful. Then, it got to where she couldn't be trusted to be by herself. She was forgetting to pay bills and such. Then she got sick with cancer. And before she got bad, she had power of attorney given to my sister. So nothing bad would happen to all of her stuff and she could make medical decisions. It has been about 10 years now, and sadly, we just had to admit her into a nursing home last week. She's getting to hard to care for. She doesn't use the bathroom right, doesn't eat right, nothing. She doesn't really even know us kids. But, somewhere in her mind, she knows she knows us and loves us. But, she does not comprehend that we are actually her children. Not a clue. She no longer recognizes her brothers and sisters. That is because they have not been around enough. The only ones she kinda knows, is us kids and her grandkids. And it's because we are around alot. It just slowly robs you of all your memory. And anything you know how to do. Even simple things. Like making toast, or coffee, or changing clothes, etc.. It's a sad thing to go through. My sister has had the worst. Being the main caretaker. But we have all had a hard time with it. We really have already lost our Mother. She has been gone for some time now. But, her body is still with us and that little sparkle in her eye when she sees us. And we are not willing to give that up yet. We take what we can get. It's hard. If you need more, just email me and I'll write back. This is a really tough thing to go through. Well wishes.
well there´s one thing i can tell you about alzheimer: you alwas get to know new people. :)
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