Comments on: 7 Strategies for Coping with Early Dementia http://agingparentsauthority.com/care/7-strategies-for-coping-with-early-dementia/ The premier resource for anyone taking care of the elderly. Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:13:48 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: HSA http://agingparentsauthority.com/care/7-strategies-for-coping-with-early-dementia/comment-page-1/#comment-1624 HSA Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:23:56 +0000 http://agingparentsauthority.com/care_options/7-strategies-for-coping-with-early-dementia-2/#comment-1624 We took care of my MIL for several months in our home. The hard part wasn't childproofing the house or making it safe. The hard part was the constant attention we had to give. It is very tiring and often unappreciated. You need to make sure you have breaks. We took care of my MIL for several months in our home. The hard part wasn't childproofing the house or making it safe. The hard part was the constant attention we had to give. It is very tiring and often unappreciated. You need to make sure you have breaks.

]]> By: admin http://agingparentsauthority.com/care/7-strategies-for-coping-with-early-dementia/comment-page-1/#comment-886 admin Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:04:19 +0000 http://agingparentsauthority.com/care_options/7-strategies-for-coping-with-early-dementia-2/#comment-886 This is very frustrating, but not uncommon. People don't realize what you're going through and sometimes we think it's because they are uncaring. Actually, they do care. They're just misinformed. That's another reason why we need to get more information out there. People are living longer now and we need to prepare ourselves as nations and societies for these challenges. This is very frustrating, but not uncommon.
People don't realize what you're going through and sometimes we think it's because they are uncaring. Actually, they do care. They're just misinformed. That's another reason why we need to get more information out there.

People are living longer now and we need to prepare ourselves as nations and societies for these challenges.

]]> By: G.a.i.a http://agingparentsauthority.com/care/7-strategies-for-coping-with-early-dementia/comment-page-1/#comment-882 G.a.i.a Fri, 30 Jan 2009 02:46:57 +0000 http://agingparentsauthority.com/care_options/7-strategies-for-coping-with-early-dementia-2/#comment-882 I've come to accept that my mom is already at the early stage of dementia -- and I think, in a way, she had accepted it too. All the above point hv been applied in our home. My only problem is when close relatives dont want to accept the fact, as most of the time they spent time with my mom, my mom looks and acts ok , and can follow all the conversation they have. <abbr><em><abbr><em>G.a.i.as last blog post..<a href="http://bisikan-hati.blogspot.com/2009/01/we-will-not-go-down-song-for-gaza.html" rel="nofollow">We Will Not Go Down (Song for Gaza)</a></em></abbr></em></abbr> I've come to accept that my mom is already at the early stage of dementia — and I think, in a way, she had accepted it too. All the above point hv been applied in our home.

My only problem is when close relatives dont want to accept the fact, as most of the time they spent time with my mom, my mom looks and acts ok , and can follow all the conversation they have.

G.a.i.as last blog post..We Will Not Go Down (Song for Gaza)

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