The Diary of An Alzheimer's Caregiver
Appreciate the good, laugh at the crazy, and deal with the rest!
*This post was originally written in May of 2014 but has been updated. Alzheimer’s is a disease that not only destroys the life of the patient, but it also tries to rob them of the relationships in their lives on the way out. The patient’s personality changes so drastically that sometimes you can’t recognize someone…
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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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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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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 is NO test that can positively diagnose Alzheimer’s or Dementia. It is about ruling out all of the other things that could possibly be going on. The family doctor checked her thyroid and it was fine. It can become “sluggish” in older people. This can cause memory loss, fatigue, and depression. Oh My! The first step should…
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People who suffer from Alzheimer’s often do things that just don’t make sense to you or I, but they are following their own drummer to their own beat and we can only listen and try to read between the lines. When you’re with a person 24 hours a day every day you learn the…
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