Alzheimer's - All SharePosts

N.C.

posted 11/09/2009, comments (2)

The trouble with AD's care

I just came across to this article in US News website: http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/best-nursing-homes/2009/03/11/the-trouble-with-alzheimers-care-one-familys-story.html I think this is an article that the families with AD elders need to read to watch out for when they consider a nursing home or assisted living for AD... Read more Chevron

Read all my posts | Subscribe | Send Message

EXPERT

Eric J. Hall

(Profile)

AFA Founder, CEO

Our Expert | Friend/Family

Get Widget | RSS

posted 11/09/2009, comments (2)

Be Prepared for Flu Double-Whammy

Family caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease have so much on their plates already-so many responsibilities, so many everyday challenges and everyday crises to deal with, and so many fears of what may come tomorrow or even later today. All the news about the pervasiveness of the HINI flu and the possibility that the seasonal flu is on... Read more Chevron

Read all my posts | Subscribe | Send Message

EXPERT

Leah

(Profile)

has vascular dementia

Our Expert | Living With It

Get Widget | RSS

posted 11/09/2009, comments (5)

Dementia: I’m Getting Worse…Or Am I?

It's time for a checkup...a self check of where I am in the progress of my dementia. One doctor told me that, with vascular dementia, there should be no further progression unless I have further TIA's (mini-strokes). Another told me that I could have ten good years. I took both to heart and have worked toward making my mind as... Read more Chevron

Read all my posts | Subscribe | Send Message

EXPERT

Carol Bradley Bursack

(Profile)

Author, blogger and eldercare columnist

Our Expert | Caregiver

Get Widget | RSS

posted 11/09/2009, comments (3)

“I Still Do” Offers Powerful Insight Into Alzheimer’s Through Art

During the last few years there has been an explosion of books on Alzheimer's disease. Some are "how-to" books with specific advice on coping with the many difficulties of the disease. Many are medical in nature and some are personal stories. Most are emotionally touching in that this disease is a family disease that changes the lives of each... Read more Chevron

Read all my posts | Subscribe | Send Message

j

(Profile)

Caregiver

RSS

posted 11/08/2009, comments (3)

The Nightmare of this Disease

This is such a difficult time but I am trying to hold it together for Mom. Last week I had to take my Mom via ambulance to an emergency room until a geropsychiatric bed became available at one of the local hospitals (8 hours waiting in the ER). The director and head RN of the facility Mom has been living in the last 2 months have... Read more Chevron

Read all my posts | Subscribe | Send Message