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Carol Bradley Bursack

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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

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posted 11/08/2009, comments (6)

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

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I am a retired postal worker coordinating care for my age 88 mom.

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posted 11/07/2009, comments (2)

A Streetcar Named Delusion - When Dementia Takes You For A Ride

In the ten months that I have closely observed my 88 year old mother's mental health decline with "Unspecified Dementia", few things are more heartbreaking than seeing her live with increasing episodes of delusion. The delusions can range from harmless goofy little things to very frightful, terrifying experiences. These episodes can... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/05/2009, comments (4)

Later Stage Dementia - Some Common Ground For Communication

My 88 year old mother has "unspecified" dementia. She presents all of the classic Alzheimer's disease dementia characteristics. Since January 2009, she has slipped quickly from someone who was having occasional memory problems, but could carry on a relevant conversation, to someone who now speaks about her delusions as though they... Read more Chevron

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posted 11/04/2009, comments (5)

Dementia: To Know or Not To Know, A Ponderance

A reader posed a most intriguing question to me giving me pause for thought: Would I, if I had it to do over again, want to know my diagnosis of dementia? I answered in fifty words or less...but the question begs for further exploration. Each of us is different-that's a "duhhhh" statement if I ever heard one; but it's so... Read more Chevron

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