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Second Opinion
Zen and the Art of Coping With Alzheimer’s
By DENISE GRADY Published: August 14, 2007
NewYork Times
During the YouTube forum with the Democratic presidential candidates in July, the first question about health care came from two middle-age brothers in Iowa, who faced the camera with their elderly mother. Not everybody with Alzheimer’s disease has two loving sons to take care of them, they said, adding that a boom in dementia is expected in the next few decades. “What are you prepared to do to fight this disease now?” they asked.The politicians mouthed generalities about health care, larded with poignant anecdotes.
None of them answered the question about Alzheimer’s.
OF COURSE- this has nothing to do with the gov’t actually curing this disease . or any other one. It has to do with what they are going to do to help those who suffer from it, their families and the country( like others) who will be overwhelmed with the boomers getting this uncurable condition in the coming decades. What will they do now to prepare for that future reality?? What will they do now for families who are struggling to care for parents and grandparents with limited resources, financial and otherwise? why wait for the crisis to Really be upon us?
here’s the whole article that inspired this unanswered (by politicians) question:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/14/health/14seco.html?em&ex=1187409600&en=9d12b62e641d4304&ei=5087%0A

i’m 19 & i have a 2 month old son. The problem is i rushed my college desicion too quit & now im regreting it I was going to do medical assistant cuz i thought it would be good but i don’t want that anymore my mind changed after today im going to westwood & the course is 22,000 in total i think thats so much money even with financial aid & a student loan cuz then i have to pay the money back with a student loan i cant afford paying it back. My original plan was to work as a caregiver i found a job that will pay an hour all i had to do was 3 day training to get in.My bf gets payed 580 every check so together we can make good money. My classes are at 7am my bf bearly gets out at that time so the class schedule will get in between his job causing him to have to cut his hours which i cant have him do we need the money. he keeps insisting for me not to quit it will work out but i don’t really want to do this anymore if i can get a job without certification & get payed just about the same if i did go to school i find it pointless plus caregiving was more of what i wanted. My question is how will medical assistant help me out is it worth it going to school if i can find a good paying job with no college needed.
but whats the point if i can find a job that will pay the same without having to go to college its better for me and less stress

I am the sole cargiver of my alzheimers parents & prepare all their meals. My mother constantly sets perishables out on the counter to rot or pours them down the drain when I am not looking. Probably because she knows its wrong otherwise why wouldn’t she do it when I can catch her. I need to be the only one able to access perishable food, we can’t afford to waste the money & food.

What way can I key lock a full size refrigerator. Does it require altering the refrigerator? the refrigerator is part of the apt. rental so I wouldn’t be able to screw in hardware. Would a bike chain be big enuf to go around locked with a padlock? Please any ideas out there?

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Caught him once two yrs. ago cybering to women & confronted him with it. Case closed so I thought as he promised me it wouldn’t happen again. Wrong! Caught him on myspace.com writing several women telling them how beautiful they are, etc. He’s really good to me, will do anything I ask, and is the best husband in every way except this. He works, I stay home to care for his Mom who has alzheimers. I get so lonesome for company, and then when he gets home he tells me he’s working on bills, etc on the pc when he’s really not. Yes, I have proof, but am not ready to confront him yet. Since he’s repeating the same behavior I think it’s going to take more than just discussing this time. Any suggestions from anyone??? We don’t have intimacy in our life because he’s not able, but because he’s so good to me I have been ok with it. Why do you think he’s flirting when he can’t do anything about it even if he should me someone he’s talking to online? Beats me!!! Your opinions please!

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i’m 19..On august 5 i start my Medical assistant 1 year course every monday,wednesday,thurdays at westwood college in dallas,tx & the course is 22,000 & i personally feel its not worth that much money plus im not 100% sure i want to do this anymore im having second thoughts because my baby is only 2 months & my bf works from 10pm to 7am I found a caregiving job & all i have to do is 3 days of training & i get payed an hour so what the point on doing my MA if i cant get a job just like an MA but without college. Please help me realize what is best i already did my fasfa & my books have been ordered already & i already pass the 3 days for my refund so is it too late to quit what will happen to the fafsa & loan i applied for…i think with college right now it will be too much stress for me specially with my 2 month old son & my bf is the only one working & right now i really need a job we need a second income if i go to school i cant work cuz it will just be too much for me…i know college is good but my sister is a caregiver gets payed real good but then of course she dont have kids.
i found out westwood college is a rip off i read stories on ripoffre
port.com

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My younger sister has always been a taker of many people. She would use her problems created by herself & her young adult children to seek out others to take care of situations that come up by asking for $$, food, gas,etc.She is currently living in my parents home with her adult children and my father will not put them out for he feels as if he has failed her when she got divorced.?? He has been paying not only for them but her 2grdkids too who stays 2wks out of the mth.Their father is never with them &comes to visit them at night only about 2 times a week&than asks my father for $$ or to pay his rent/bills.He works but spends his $ on not the right things.My sister decided when she moved in that she would cut her work hrs and help out taking care of mom who has alzheimers.they yell at mom all the time.I work an 8hr day,I clean moms room,wash her clothes,cook for both give meds I do this before work&when I come home.She spends her $ on bingo.My $$ buys mom things she needs. I feel lost

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One older lady customer came in the store yesterday and asked if she could use an electric cart. I told her yes and showed her the newer one & told her it was easier to use & showed her how to operate it. She had never used one before. As I was bending down to show her she reached up and gave me a hug. She told me her brother had died 3 months before, and her husband died just a week later, and her mother was in an assisted living center with Alzheimers disease, and she just needed to hug someone. I had to hold back the tears and gave her a hug and we talked a few minutes. She just moved here from a nearby city. The lady had lost a lot of weight and was needing to buy some food to help her, I suggested some good vitamins as I had helped someone else who seemed almost anorexic gain weight after taking them.

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And want Klass-Jan Huntelaar?

http://www.people.co.uk/sport/football/tm_method=full&objectID=21402741&siteID=93463-name_page.html

Does he remember my education that Benzema doesn’t want to come to England?
Or even this?http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/manchester_united/article5365676.ece
Oh paradise man, I am training my spies worldwide so they can blend in and learn more of the outside world for the make-benefit for the glorious nation of North Korea.

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My granfather has been diagnosed for years now. My grandma & him just recently moved to a new house to be closer to hospitals & other family members.My grandma still works for a few hours a week just so that she has something to do. During these times we do not like to leave my grandfather alone because he either gets scared he is left alone, will run away, or get very upset. The problem is that there is not always someone readily available to look after him whenever my grandma has to go to work. What other options do we have for him?

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Is it normal to have a lot of fear of Hospitals & Mental Institutions ? The reason why I ask this is because ever since I was a little girl I have always been afraid of hospitals not only because they are full of germs but especially for the fact that in most hospitals regardless that that they look after the sick usually behind closed doors away from the patients loved ones they are sometimes abusive – especially in front of the patients family members. Sometimes when a person is sick they would just look for another patient who has the same blood type for the sick and as an excuse they would tell the other patient "Oh I just need to take your blood to see if your fine" – But really they are just taking the blood to give it to some one else without them knowing , while making them more sick .
And Usually when they come into contact with an Epileptic – Instead of looking at their chart and files and asking questions about who their Neurologist is – They would be very abusive and just assume that they are "Drug Addicts" and they would be both Physically and Verbally abusive with that certain Patient. Instead of just taking the time to learn more about the Patients and trying to find out what else they can do to help them.

Now as For the Mental Institutions They scare me – because last year my Cousin Put his Mother ( My Aunt) who has Alzheimers Disease in a mental institution because he said he had no idea what to do with her – and that he just did not want to give her to anyone in the family because he did not trust us even though we promised to take great care of her – He then Denied us Access to go and visit her at the Mental Institution, Which they were very abusive with her by , Slapping her, pulling her hair if she did not make her bed ect. And while visiting the mental institution it scared me because not only did it look like a prison but ( I don’t know how else to say this ) even that they Nuerological problems for me the patients looked like Zombies and were horrified of almost every thing – they were also denied to wear their clothes execpt for their Pajamas & Slippers. At the same time I Felt sorry for them because of the enviroment that they had to live in and because of how some of their family members just abandon them and gave up on them. For some reason after leaving these places to go back home I started to feel very uncomfortable and afraid of these places.

But please don’t get me wrong , I want very much to overcome my fear of these places and hope that these kind of abuse in these particular places would end & that Doctors, Nurses and other people who work in these places would be stripped of their licsence and put in jail for life !

I guess what I am trying to ask is :

Is it normal to be afraid of mental Institutions & Hospital ?

Why are most of these places so abusive with the patients and hide certain things from the Patients loved ones ?

What would you do if one of your cousins did this to one of your Uncles or Aunts ?

Just because I am afraid of these places doesnt mean that I am going crazy does it ? I hope not!

What would you do if you were in a situation like this ?

What would you do if you saw a Doctor or nurse withdrawing blood from your loved one only to give it to another patient ?

What would you do if you saw A Doctor or Nurse Abusing one of your loved ones or another Patient ?

Please, Be Honest And tell me what you think . Thanks !

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