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My opinion is that you should take a break from visiting your mother for a week or two. Then you should only go once a week, if visits continue to stress you out.

That's what I had to learn to...

Hello Nastashalou, it's so good to hear from you again. Although I realize that people do move on from TP, it's wonderful to hear that things are going so well for you.

No, we don't always,...

Delphie is so right - I was told it was better to move a person whilst they still have the ability to develop relationships. Plus, you will be able to relax once your mother is somewhere safe.

Anti-psychotics are for agitation, aggression and anxiety. They have nothing to do with memory. However, they can make our loved ones behave in a more typical fashion and that certainly feels like...

One of the reasons suggested for not visiting right away is to let the person in respite settle in a bit. This makes sense.

I think you should consider whether the visits would be of benefit to...

This is a bit of a tangent but our water bills dropped significantly once my stepson moved out. He would have 20 and 30 minute showers and no, I did not want to know what he was doing! :D I used to...

I was 46 when my mother was diagnosed and found that heartbreaking and incredibly difficult. I cannot imagine how hard it must be for your 10 year old daughter. My heart goes out to all of you.

I laughed out loud at this one. Farting like a stallion - I'll be using that phrase again.

There does come a time when taking our loved ones out to eat is no longer a good idea. I realized that with my mother when she picked the gravy boat up and drank it down. We then had a few picnic...

1. It's a lovely warm day today

2. I finally got a problem at work sorted out.

3. My boss said I could leave early tomorrow just because.

I do because it is a quick and clear overview of AD



AD is the most common dementia disease among many but it is only one disease.



True, it does but there are the commonalities we've...

Sherry, I would simply agree with the six weeks. If Lily's sense of time is bad, then the six weeks are never over, are they? I agree with Witzend that Lily is not so much in denial but not capable...

If your brothers think it's so amusing, one of them should take your father to the funeral.

I strongly second this. Discussing the matter is completely unprofessional.

BE, I completely understand how you feel and how exhausted you must be. So often we have no other option but to have our loved ones go into long term care.

I'm sure that your mother, if she were...

One thing that is often forgotten is that the survival rates for the elderly who are given CPR is very low - somewhere in the order of 4% will survive to leave the hospital. Also, the CPR procedure...

This is my thinking also.

That is an excellent link, Fiona. Thank you.

After my working on it for some time, my mother's nails are generally short and clean. She does tend to scratch herself so I've asked her nails be kept as short as possible. I do have to keep an...

I think telling the person they have AD or another dementia really does depend on the person. We tried several times to tell my mother she had AD but even with tiptoeing around the subject she...

We have 4 cats - our oldest one, Loki, is my avatar. He's 18 now and still going strong. I'm hoping he'll make it to 20.

I find my cats so comforting. One of the girls, Maggie, loves to lie on...

That made me smile.

I'm sorry to hear you're having such a bad day, Sarah. Did your optician give you any information about the macular degeneration? I believe it is a slow developing disease and there are some...

BE, I'd like to recommend just one thing - don't try to get your mother to acknowledge reality. She has her own reality and arguing with her will only make her more obdurate, as you already know to...

I find I say "going into long term care" and not "Putting in a home". Here in Ontario we refer to nursing homes as long term care facilities, so I guess that's where that comes from for me.
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