Everyday challenges / daily living

Discuss managing activities of daily living, such as eating, dressing, bathing, etc. and other everyday challenges.

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Should we go?

By jennielee · New reply 8:07 am
5 replies
Hi Everyone, Thanking you in advance for all your wisdom and great advice. Have a sticky situation coming up that I'm not sure how to deal with. I am a caregiver for a friend with A/D. She still believes ...

My first post here ~ my story

By NicoleNicole · New reply May 16, 2013
9 replies
I've not written in my story here before. It felt strange to do so at first because caring for my mum with Alzheimers all seemed so new, so personal, and dare I even say, felt manageable. Not that I thought ...

My grandfather

By ali16 · New reply May 14, 2013
2 replies
Hi everyone, this is just something that I wrote when I was remembering my grandfather (who had Alzheimer's) and an event that happened because of his memory loss that really affected my family and me ...

Difficulty taking meds

By BambiLinda · New reply May 11, 2013
5 replies
Does anyone else have trouble getting your loved one who has Alzheimer's sometimes refuses to take their meds? Any suggestions that you have tried that have helped ...

Help/Advice

By Heather908 · New reply May 7, 2013
4 replies
I currently live with my grandparents, and my grandfather basically hasc undiagnosed Alzheimers. He has all the signs for it and was told he either has vascular dementia or Alzheimers. It's very hard ...

Maybe It's Me

By Amgbluesky · New reply May 6, 2013
15 replies
I am seriously thinking it is me with the problem and everyone else, including my mother, is fine. Yesterday she had a bad bloody nose before she could go to the daycare. My husband had to call the ambulance ...

Restrooms

By hammaw · New reply May 3, 2013
13 replies
This is a real issue with us. My husband is moderate stage of Alzheimers. We really have a problem with public restrooms. I can tell him to wait for me in a specific spot, but at this stage of the game ...

Program aides always need to be doing something

By dprov · New reply May 1, 2013
4 replies
This post is a little long. Just need to vent. Why can’t the aide programs ever give you the aide coverage that you need? Mom has moderate to severe AD. I stopped working a year ago to be the sole caregiver ...

End of my Rope

By VAE · New reply April 30, 2013
14 replies
I have had mom in my home for almost 3 years now my sister had her for about 8 months before that. Mom is a difficult person has been all her life. I have posted on here several tiimes and commented on ...

To lie or not to lie?

By jennielee · New reply April 15, 2013
8 replies
Hi Everyone, I am one of a few caregivers to a friend who has A/D. Her doctor says she is severely afflicted, but she still feeds herself, bathes herself, does her hair and make-up, etc. The problem is ...

FLUSHABLE WIPES

By Joyce1 · New reply April 13, 2013
5 replies
HI LAST WEEK I READ THAT SOMEONE HAD POSTED A PROBLEM WITH PAPER CLOGGING UP THE TOILET BECAUSE THE WIPES ARE NOT TO BE FLUSHED. WELL I HAVE FOUND A PRODUCT CALLED "COTTONELLE FRESH" THAT IS FLUSHABLE ...

handling intervention

By Bonita6 · New reply April 11, 2013
3 replies
I spoke here before about whether to put my mom into the next level of care because of her not making good decisions and needing more oversite then I can give. I have decided to move to the next level ...

next level of care

By Bonita6 · New reply April 5, 2013
21 replies
+I wasn't sure where this falls in the discussion options. I am trying to figure out what to do next. My moms ad or dementia was just brought to my attention last sept when she came to visit and had a ...

New to inspire...Questions about my mom.

By lmgrizz · New reply March 30, 2013
4 replies
Hi, My Mom has Alzheimers, She's only 68 years old. My mom can't communicate, stand or walk on her own. She can't even feed herself. She's at the point where she doesn't even know when she needs to go ...

ALZ Recommended Readings

By Ecker (Inactive) · New reply March 15, 2013
3 replies
I noted many reference to the 36 Day book. I haven't read it yet but will within the next 72 hours. In the meantime, I thought might throw out there some other good books beginning with Coach Broyles ...

Where Are Husband Caregivers

By SailOn · New reply March 8, 2013
10 replies
How many husband caregivers are out here ? I don't think I could find more than a few on Inspire. My wife was diagnosed two years ago with Early Onset MCI. I find myself having to read and post to the ...

ACCEPTANCE

By KajsaRoo · New reply March 7, 2013
14 replies
Looking for thoughts or inspiration on how to accept that two parents with dementia has changed my life in ways that I never dreamed of and that this (running everything in their life) is now MY life ...

Looking for some guidance

By OutofState · New reply February 21, 2013
3 replies
I've always written/posted about my out-of-state mom with AD, but I've never mentioned my dad... His wife of 40+ yrs has Parkinsons & AD. She has been a NH resident for 3+ yrs now only because after throwing ...

New Stuff

By VAE · New reply February 21, 2013
3 replies
Monday and Tuesday night for some reason mom took her incontience pads off in the night at some point then in the morning around 7am got up to go to the bathroom and wet all over the floor and ran down ...

the "take me home" phone calls

By Sandon · New reply February 19, 2013
23 replies
My mom has AD and has been in a nursing home for two months. She had told me that if she couldn't be at home, this place would be the place she would want to be. Now I get phone calls almost daily asking ...

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