Caring for Alzheimer's

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My father is 81 and has PD for the last 3 years. He can’t even move his hands & legs. what should i do? The doctor says he will be bedridden. Pls help.

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Two people I work with have been there for 3 years and they both bend the rules to suit themselves. they have even rubbished me for the way I cut the cheese. They both are not flexible and do not accept any new ideas concerning the clients we look after. I am more qualified than the both of them but not with the organisation as I have only been there for one year. These two do not like me as I have new ideas and have suggested room for improvement concerning the clients. I now have a meeting with the manager as they have complained about me. I need my job and I feel so bad as I do a good job, actually I work above what is required of me. I have mentioned issues to these two people to prove their inconsistencies and they do not like me for it but really I am just protecting myself. At the meeting with my manager next week, what sort of attitude should I take? Any suggestions would be helpful Thankyou.

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My Granda whom is 62 I think? Can be quite forget-full. He may often ask a question twice on the phone call or say ‘oh did I tell you about….’ and he would have. But that’s all really. He doesn’t forget names or anything, he would just forget he told me something every now and then or he would tell me something twice but I find I often tell people a story twice because I forgot I told that person. I’m not overly concerned but I am curious? He’s very healthy and walks every day, he does a night shift as a baker and he suffered a heart attack 3 years back and does suffer from depression at times and anxiety. But other than that he’s healthy and happy! I just hope it’s not ealry alzheimer’s (I don’t want to mention it to family cause I’m the only one who has noticed it)

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A little background information:

However arrogant and stuck up this paragraph might sound, I’m just trying to convey the truth.

For the past 3 years, I’ve been (basically) addicted to a video game called World of Warcraft. Long story short, I barely did any homework fresh/soph year. Throughout all of Elementary, Middle and (so far) high school, every teacher I’ve had has said I am one of the most brightest they’ve ever had. I’m a nerd, and take advanced courses because I genuinely love school and learning. I am taking A.P. calculus next year at the age of 16. In class, I always pay attention. If grades were based on my level of understanding of the subject matter, I’d have straight A’s. In the WASL and such, I’ve always been in the 99th/98th percentile and receive letters regarding it. I ace tests the 4.0 students don’t ace who actually studied (I didn’t). It’s all easy to me. Aforementioned 4.0 students come to me (the lowly C/D student; unbeknown to them) for help when they don’t understand things. I make friends with all my teachers, and have great relationships with them from then on.

Just recently, upon receiving my report card, I decided to quit the game; it’s ruining my life.

Another possible excuse (while I hate making them, and they are weak), is that my mom is suffering from Alzheimer’s, and cannot cook, take care of herself or anything. I have to be a parent for my little brother and sometimes cook dinner, clean the house, just do everything a mom would do..(dad works 10-14 hours a day, 7 days a week).

Here’s the meat of the question:

If I were to get a 4.0 in junior and senior years and get perfect/near perfect SAT scores, would it be possible for me to get into a prestigious university?

Furthermore, is there a way I could explain the bad grades in 9th/10th grade? Prove that they were an anomaly?

I really feel like I could do a lot in this world if I was given the chance…I played a stupid video game and made it hard for myself, but maybe I can recover?

Hoping to hear from a college counselor / admittance officer.

Yours,

J

P.S. Taking lots of A.P. classes 11th / 12th grade.

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If McCain is elected he will be over 3 years older than Reagan was when he took office. (Reagan was the oldest elected president), what is the chances of him showing signs of Alzheimer’s or dementia within a 4 year term? Seems pretty high to me.

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My grandmother has been in a nursing home as a vegetable basically for about 3 years now. I went to see her tonight and her pupils were different sizes. The one on her right was very tiny and the one on the left was larger (not huge, but it was a noticeable difference) Does anyone know if this has any relation to Alzheimer’s Disease? I am sure she is in the later stages.

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i have 2 certificates and have been in the caregiving branch of the medical field for 11 years. i’ve been caring for this lady for 3 years, recently, my car blew the head gasket and i’m buying another car from the neighbor. but i won’t get it until it’s paid off. so, my lady told me i could use her car. well, the daughter visited for 2 days the other day and now shes saying they should be compensated for my using the car. just how much would that amount be and be fair all around? i’ve worked 7 days a week for those 3 years also with only 2 or 3 days off each year, and paid a straight salary of 0.00 every 2 weeks. what guideline would i go by to figure the amount i should pay?

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My father has had dementia for about 3 years. He gets soooooo bored over the winter. Anybody know of activities he could do? Thanks!

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Okay, here’s the deal. My brother "J" and I have had pretty hard lives. Growing up, our mother was a single parent who struggled to support us while our father was pretty much playing house with another family. The only times that we saw him was for family gatherings or if our mother made the effort to get us to him. When I turned 10, my mother sent J (who is 2 years older than me) to stay with our father because he was getting out of control. When I turned 11, she became involved with an old friend and he got her on drugs. From the ages of 12 to 13 I lived with her parents. During this time my grandmother’s Alzheimer’s was progressing and my grandfather had a stroke, so I was (sort of) taking care of them. At 13, I was forced to move in with our father (my aunt moved my grandparents to California). At that point, I pretty much lost contact with our mother. I knew the general area that she lived in and whenever I had the opportunity I would go "hunt" her down just to see her. This continued until I was 19 and decided to move to Dallas to get away from family (issues with my dad and step mom).

Any time I visited home, I would go and look for her. I had my first child and at 5 months, he contracted Meningitis and had a lot of serious medical issues/problems as a result (severe brain damage, CP, etc.) and had to see specialists until he passed away 3 years ago. During his 5 1/2 years of life, my mother only saw him 1 time. While he was still alive, I resented her because she wasn’t there for me, to help me not only deal with being a mother for the first time, but also because I almost lost my child and had to deal with a lot caring for a special needs child and had no support from her. Upon returning to Pgh after his funeral, my best friend went and found her (at that point, she had no idea that he had passed) and let me speak with her. Our conversation lasted a total of 30 seconds and consisted of her asking me if I’m alright a few times (what could she possibly expect me to say to that?) and then saying she had to go because she was on her way to work. This was the last contact I had with her.

J was in jail for a little over 5 years (right before he turned himself in, we found out he had Schizophrenia and this is what caused him to do most of the things that led up to jail time) and when he got out, he kept telling me he wanted to find our mother, help our mother, etc. I moved back to Pgh briefly (needed therapy to deal with the loss of my son and surgery to help Endometriosis) and during this time I never saw her. He located her right before I moved to Chicago and said she wanted him to bring me and my other son to visit her. I told him that I didn’t feel like it at the time (right before he told me this, I spoke with our aunt (mother’s sister) and she told me that our mother did drugs (including speed) when she was pregnant with J, and he knows nothing about it).

In the past 1 1/2 years, he was back in jail for parole violation and just recently got out. He called me a few weeks ago for my birthday and mentioned giving her my phone number and saying that he wants me to come and visit them. I told him that I really didn’t think that was going to happen anytime soon, but didn’t elaborate much on why, just said that as a mother, I can’t understand some of the decisions she has made and don’t feel the connection that he does with her anymore.

My (current) problem is this: I don’t know if I should tell him about her drug use during her pregnancy with him. He continues to want both of us to have a relationship with her, despite everything that we’ve been through (inadvertently) because of her. I think that if he knew about the drug use (which I think may have caused some of the mental issues he has) he might feel differently, but I’m not sure if it’s my place to tell him and I don’t want it to affect our relationship, but I feel he has a right to know.
Precious Gem – Thanks for the advice, fortunately for me, I’m okay as far as her drug use is concerned. I have dealt with depression (for obvious reasons) and have Endometriosis (hereditary) but other than that, my health is okay.

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alzheimers disease, then i hear its dementia donththese two mental illnesses have different symptoms or are the different stages the same? at first my dad was very repititious with everything,it started when he tuirned 90, now hes 96 and really bad,hehas no short term memory, is very obstinant and acts like a 5 year old child, 3 years ago he was taking money hiding it and forgetting where hes hid things,he doest listen to the home care aide,hes soiled his underwear a few times and will pass wind in the company of others,he tells people off,gets into tiffs wit the aide,hes attempted to throw a few of the weekend aides out by telling them they could leave if they wanted to,at one point i thought he was going to slap an aide,he stood infront of her and said i want you the h–l out of here.he was harrassing her.i said to the aide not to listen to my dad,hes not al there.whats worse,alzheimers or dementia? one or the other ,my dad is extremely ill with this affliction.

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