Behavioral challenges
Get information and support for managing behavioral challenges caused by Alzheimer's disease.
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Dementia/Alzheimers?
- By mdbkpb · New reply yesterday at 8:46 pm
- 4 replies
- My 78 year old mother-in-laws behaviour had become erratic over the past 4 years or so. We all thought it was just aging. It is to the point now where she: believes telephone conversations actually happened ...
Alzheimer's and Seroquel
- By cjhib84 · New reply yesterday at 10:27 am
- 4 replies
- I am a new caregiver who hasn't had a lot of experience with Alzheimer's. My 70 year old mother-in-law was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease last September. She had been showing symptoms for a few years ...
Mom having bad Hallucinations and Delirium
- By kkmamawof3 · New reply April 16, 2013
- 4 replies
- My mom has Vascular Dementia and has been in Assisted Living for 3 years. She has done well until a month and a half ago. She suddenly started having Hallucinations so bad that she tore her room apart ...
Symptom or something else
- By Amgbluesky · New reply March 29, 2013
- 7 replies
- Is sudden changes part of this or could there be something else going on? Long story short, I took my mother visiting over the weekend to keep her busy and me sane. We went to my brother's ex wife's house ...
Bullying, I don't like that word
- By Sandon · New reply March 26, 2013
- 10 replies
- I am starting a new discussion. I have moved from antipsychotic meds to here, as yesterday I was in the middle of a situation that is truly unsettling. It was decided that my mom did not need to go to ...
Research
- By gksps · New reply March 1, 2013
- 4 replies
- Greetings to all, First let me start by saying about me in few lines and then why I joined this forum. I am pursuing my Masters degree and one of the research topic subject for my semester is understanding ...
Frequent bathroom trips with dementia
- By olsenset · New reply February 12, 2013
- 8 replies
- My dad (82) had alzheimers. I don't think it is severe yet, but we have a 24-hour livein caregiver for him and my mom (87 with severe COPD). Dad is getting up every 10 minutes or so with the urge to urinate ...
parkinson disease?
- By nab219 · New reply February 4, 2013
- 1 reply
- My 85 yr old mother has been treated fro dementia and has been livingin assisted living for over 1 year. She has had mild tremors of her hands but now the nursing home feels they have increased slightly ...
Something has got to change
- By cd52 · New reply January 14, 2013
- 130 replies
- About a month ago we dropped "Namenda" from my wife's list of meds. I'm not sure if the recent changes in behavior is related or if it is the progression of the horrible disease. But there has been a ...
Mother with Alzheimers
- By Shlskr · New reply January 8, 2013
- 1 reply
- My Mother and Daddy both have dementia. We have caregivers staying with them 24 hours a day. Mother starts spitting as soon as she gets up in the morning. At first she would just spit into the trashcan ...
Mother with Alzheimers
- By Shlskr · Posted January 6, 2013
- 0 replies
- My Mother and Daddy both have dementia. We have caregivers staying with them 24 hours a day. Mother starts spitting as soon as she gets up in the morning. At first she would just spit into the trashcan ...
How can I get through this Christmas?
- By Vwogdaughter · New reply December 23, 2012
- 4 replies
- Christmas this year so far has been so hard. The doctor took my mom off one of her heart medicine and also her celexa. She has become so hard to deal with the last two weeks. Her legs were swelling and ...
A;zheimer's
- By the1regina · New reply December 21, 2012
- 21 replies
- My Mother Last messageDeleteMark as unreadBack to inbox By the1regina Today at 8:25 am My Mother ran out of the house last night. I had to go find her. She is trying to get to her childhood home. Of course ...
last night
- By Southernmagnolia (Inactive) · New reply December 12, 2012
- 3 replies
- This was my weekend to spend with my mom. Sunday night she was fine, went to bed at 10:00 pm, slept through the night. Last night she dozed in her chair and talked, not sure what she was saying since ...
My dearest Daddyo
- By maddismama · New reply November 3, 2012
- 4 replies
- My father is 56 years old. A few months ago I became concerned as it seemed he was forgetting things a lot more and not just the normal names and places but entire conversations. When I mentioned it to ...
Husband is driving me nuts!
- By AnnieKing · New reply October 6, 2012
- 27 replies
- We've been dealing with AD for quite a while now. Husband is still pretty able. I finally put him in day care when I'm at work because he does unsafe things. I had major surgery a little over a week ago ...
Which Alzheimer's symptoms made you go see the doctor?
- By AFATeam · New reply October 6, 2012
- 1 reply
- A survey recently released by the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America reveals that many caregivers mistakenly interpret various behaviors as a normal part of aging – rather than as symptoms of Alzheimer’s ...
Behavioral Challenges – How does it impact you?
- By AFATeam · New reply September 26, 2012
- 1 reply
- A survey of relatives and friends who care for people with Alzheimer’s disease or a related dementia recently examined how behavioral symptoms compare to cognitive symptoms in their impact on diagnosis ...
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