I haven't been on the forum for some time, so apologies if this topic has been covered a lot of late. My husband was diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer's 15 months ago. He has coped reasonably well up to now. Recently, however, he is struggling a lot more. He feels pretty frustrated, demotivated and depressed.
He has been on anti-depressants for some years anyway. When the Alzheimer's was diagnosed, the memory consultant put him onto a new one (Duloxetine) which has seemed to be quite effective. He has also been using the Rivastigmine patches since the diagnosis.
He spends a lot of time on his computer on the forum called Quora because he finds that occupies his mind and stops him worrying about his memory and concentration problems in the rest of life. He is a very intelligent person.
We do go walking and do some simple crosswords together. We also do some gardening together.
He is finding it much more difficult to follow televsion programmes nowadays - face recognition not too good and can't remember what has happened a short time earlier.
He is quite a introverted person and not too keen on socialising much.
Does anyone have any ideas or thoughts on how I could help him to cope with life, now that his Alzheimer's is slowly getting worse?
Thank you in anticipation!
He has been on anti-depressants for some years anyway. When the Alzheimer's was diagnosed, the memory consultant put him onto a new one (Duloxetine) which has seemed to be quite effective. He has also been using the Rivastigmine patches since the diagnosis.
He spends a lot of time on his computer on the forum called Quora because he finds that occupies his mind and stops him worrying about his memory and concentration problems in the rest of life. He is a very intelligent person.
We do go walking and do some simple crosswords together. We also do some gardening together.
He is finding it much more difficult to follow televsion programmes nowadays - face recognition not too good and can't remember what has happened a short time earlier.
He is quite a introverted person and not too keen on socialising much.
Does anyone have any ideas or thoughts on how I could help him to cope with life, now that his Alzheimer's is slowly getting worse?
Thank you in anticipation!