The Diary of An Alzheimer's Caregiver
Appreciate the good, laugh at the crazy, and deal with the rest!
As a caregiver for an Alzheimer’s patient, be it your own loved one or a patient you tend to, it is hard being positive all the time. The worrisome habits of patients like wandering, forgetfulness, and hallucinations cause much exhaustion to those helping around. One of the most difficult phases of tackling an Alzheimer…
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Well, we went to Lake Bowen Fish Camp for dinner last night and it was a HUGE success. Our new favorite restaurant. I had to run some errands before we got there and we were running late. We usually eat at 5 , but it was 6:30 by the time we arrived. Mom was in…
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Could Dirty Air be Causing Dementia and Alzheimer’s? The causes of illnesses can often be complex and down to a multitude of factors. For example, they could be hereditary, the result of a mutated gene, environmental, or due to lifestyle choices. For dementia and Alzheimer’s it’s often been seen as a result of genes –…
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Alzheimer’s disease, no matter how one sees it, is a devastating form of dementia that affects both the afflicted and his or her loved ones as well. As revealed by one of Rena’s previous posts (a powerful write-up, if we may add), When Real Life & Dementia Collide, the topsy-turvy emotions involved with the said…
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If you are a caregiver to an Alzheimer patient then you know how stressful it can be. When you are with that person every day you see the constant changes in their personality and in their moods. Sometimes this happens not only daily, but hourly even minutes. You can start off having a great…
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There are many sections of the brain and if your loved one has Alzheimer’s it will eventually destroy all of them. It all begins in the hippocampus. This is the part of the brain that holds recent memories to be delivered to other areas. This is why someone can remember what they wore 50 years…
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