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RE: Alzeimers Disease

Posted By: mayra
Date: Sunday, December 4 2005, at 2:06 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Emphyzema (Radonjic Sanja)

My mother has alzeimers and it is destroying me. I am so sad, because I feel useless, frustrated and sad that i can not help my mom. She is deteriorating by the minute. She says she has lost complete appetite and refuses to take any medications. She suffers from hypertension and is also a diabetic. She is 72 years old and lives alone. She has a caretaker, but only for 3 hours a day. Medicare said they will only approve 3 hours. Even with a caretaker she recently had not taken a bath or 1 month. If you try to trick her by hiding the medicine in the food, she knows and will aggressively complain and refuse. She is always talking about her upcoming death. She tells my brother and me not to cry for her and to try to be happy. I am fearful of putting her in an institution, because I have worked in the past in a nursing home and I have seen how they are treated. I hate the way they are treated. I am wondering how long will my mom go on suffering in silence? If anyone can help me please advise me. Thank you.

Messages In This Thread

Emphyzema
Dave -- Thursday, October 27 2005, at 12:35 p.m.

Re: Emphyzema
Radonjic Sanja -- Sunday, December 4 2005, at 12:30 p.m.

RE: Alzeimers Disease
mayra -- Sunday, December 4 2005, at 2:06 p.m.

Re: RE: Alzeimers Disease
Emma Padilla -- Thursday, February 9 2006, at 11:37 p.m.

Re: Emphyzema
Carol Alsentzer -- Saturday, April 19 2008, at 8:52 a.m.

 

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Message: > My mother has alzeimers and it is destroying me. I am > so sad, because I feel useless, frustrated and sad > that i can not help my mom. She is deteriorating by > the minute. She says she has lost complete appetite > and refuses to take any medications. She suffers from > hypertension and is also a diabetic. She is 72 years > old and lives alone. She has a caretaker, but only for > 3 hours a day. Medicare said they will only approve 3 > hours. Even with a caretaker she recently had not > taken a bath or 1 month. If you try to trick her by > hiding the medicine in the food, she knows and will > aggressively complain and refuse. She is always > talking about her upcoming death. She tells my brother > and me not to cry for her and to try to be happy. I am > fearful of putting her in an institution, because I > have worked in the past in a nursing home and I have > seen how they are treated. I hate the way they are > treated. I am wondering how long will my mom go on > suffering in silence? If anyone can help me please > advise me. Thank you.
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