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posted 10/23/2009, comments (3)

Decision making for moderate/late AD patient in the family

It has been a long time since the whole thing started. When my late mother-in-law passed away in Oct. 2004, my father-in-law had already shown some memory loss. Due to some family factor/father-son relationship factor, my FIL is always in Chicagoland area alone with home care in his house. At first we had to start home care with one or 4 hours a... Read more Chevron

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David Roeltgen, MD

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posted 12/17/2008, comments (0)

Alzheimer's Disease and the Holidays

Happy holidays everyone! Thanksgiving has now come and gone, as has that great shopping day, the Friday after Thanksgiving and some of us are probably giving thanks that these couple of days are over. Of course if you had a 4-day weekend and it is over, you may or may not be giving thanks, but wishing it would come again! No... Read more Chevron

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Carol Bradley Bursack

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posted 11/12/2008, comments (8)

Engage With Grace Provides Valuable Tool for End-of-Life Discussion

In many ways I was fortunate as I made decisions about my parents deaths. My mother's sister and her husband were ten years older than my parents. They came out to the prairie to live near us, their only family, as aging and health problems took over their lives. We helped them through the death process. During this time, my parents made out... Read more Chevron

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Carol Bradley Bursack

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posted 07/07/2008, comment (1)

The Glass Seed: A Daughter’s Quest to Understand Her Mother’s Dementia

Since each person is unique with a life, body and brain that is singular to him or herself, each person with dementia is going to experience a unique version of the disease. Yes, there are patterns to different types of dementia. We know that Alzheimer's disease has certain stages. However, people can seem to be in one stage one day, and bounce... Read more Chevron

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posted 03/15/2008, comments (3)

Dad and Brother

My father is 83 and my brother is 57. They both have Alzheimers. My mother is the caregiver for my father and my brother lives alone. He seems to do ok by himself. His daughter lives near by and he has many friends that stop in to see him. My father has been getting progressively worse with his short term memory and... Read more Chevron

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