![]() Here’s a great resource for people who are dealing with a family member or patient with advanced dementia–Palliative Care Dementia Resources. It separates the resources by topics and is easy to follow. To me, some of the most disturbing symptoms of dementia are emotional and mental pain. It can be devastating for everyone, but not as much as for the person who is sitting with that kind of discomfort. Medical professionals are getting better
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![]() This is another excerpt from THE ALZHEIMERS ACTION PLAN, a new book “… combining the insights of a world-class physician and an award-winning social worker… GETTING OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND Explaining Alzheimer’s to friends and family, including to those who have Alzheimer’s, is never easy and always important. 30. “How do you get your friends to understand that just because you have Alzheimer’s, you’re not deaf and dumb?” —A sixty-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s ![]() A representative from St. Martin’s Press contacted me about this new book, The Alzheimer’s Action Plan. I’ll be bringing excerpts of what they sent me for awhile. I thought I’d start with the following. APPENDIX A: STAGES OF SYMPTOM PROGRESSION IN EARLY THROUGH MODERATE ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE By Lisa Gwyther, M.S.W, ACSW This isn’t a tool that doctors use for staging patients, but it should give family members an idea of what happens to people with Alzheimer’s as the disease progresses. Doctors use other tests for determining what stage the patient is in. |
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