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    Joseph

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    I am a retired postal worker coordinating care for my age 88 mom.
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    posted 11/18/2009, comments (4)

    Dementia - When Questions Repeat

    My mother had lived alone for ten years after the death of my father in 1999.  She moved from the family home into a condominium and gradually socialized, making 4 or 5 new neighbor friends.  She would visit with them and chat on the telephone to pass the time.  Between them and her brother and sister, she was well... Read moreChevron
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    posted 11/17/2009, comment (1)

    Six Tips for Travelling through the Desert of Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's

    Throughout my life, I always seemed to have focused on huge goals as well as a lengthy to-do list. Finish high school - check. Finish college - check. Land new job - check. Win election as officer of a state association and then a national association - check, check. Each of these events seemed like summiting a mountain. Once you reached the top,... Read moreChevron
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    Get Screened!

    Sometimes unsolicited calls on busy, busy days let you know you're making a difference. So it was one day this past summer. I, along with my staff at the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA), were in the thick of planning our events to commemorate National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month in November. By sheer coincidence, a call came in... Read moreChevron
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    Guide to Antipsychotic Drug Side Effects and Alzheimer's

    Antipsychotic medications are used to control psychoses such as schizophrenia, but they can also be used to treat behavioral disturbances such as suspicion and paranoia associated with Alzheimer's disease.   Antipsychotic drugs, although not approved by the FDA for treatment of patients with dementia, are still prescribed and their use... Read moreChevron
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    Help Yourself Avoid Holiday Depression By Allowing Guilt Free Imperfection

    The holiday season is upon us. How on earth, as we care for elders with dementia, children of many ages with great expectations, multiple housing arrangements and the outside pressures of holiday "cheer," do we cope?   My parents were, at one time, great celebrators of Christmas. My kids loved going to their home for Christmas... Read moreChevron
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