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CJWright

New blog about being a late-stage Alzheimer's caregiver

This week, as Mom enters a new stage of Alzheimer's, I decided to start a blog. I will keep editing and refining each post, adding photos I find, links to videos I have shot, etc. Right now, she's trying low does of Ativan, and it seems to be working to prevent anxiety... Read more Chevron

posted 01/29/2010, comments (10)|

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jv viers

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I am new to this, but the time has come that I just need to share and hear from other people like me. I am at my wits end, and I know that this person that is inhibiting my mothers body is not her. She has gone in to decline much faster than I expected. She refuses any type of medications. And yesterday I lost it with... Read more Chevron

posted 12/25/2009, comments (7)|

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Bob DeMarco

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FDA Approves Generic Aricept to Treat Dementia Alzheimer’s Disease

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first generic versions of Aricept (donepezil hydrochloride) orally disintegrating tablets. This is great news for Alzheimer's patients taking Aricept. I'll try to get more information from the generic drug manufacturer on the pricing and availability as soon as possible. The U.S. Food and Drug... Read more Chevron

posted 12/16/2009, comment (1)|

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foxygrandma

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Soldier's Prayer

A Soldiers Prayer Look God: I have never spoken to You, But now I want to say, "How do You do." You see God, they told me You did not exist; And, like a fool, I believed all of this. Last night from a shell hole I saw Your sky; I figured right then they had told me a lie. Had I taken the time to see the things You made, I would... Read more Chevron

posted 12/11/2009, comments (3)|

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Connie Moore

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It begins Again

It has begin again. I will be leaving for Oklahoma today. It is now my mother. My mother has taken the loss of Pop so hard. I have known for a while at the age of 80 Momma was having problems with her memory but I fear the loss of two son and a husband has pushed over the edge into not just some age dementia but something far worse. The grief I... Read more Chevron

posted 11/27/2009, comments (13)|

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