Before there is disaster there are always signs leading up to the event. The question is, are you paying attention to the signs.
In this articles I will give you insights on my experience with the signs of a parent with Alzheimer's.My father has had this terrible disease for over 15 years and we watch how it literally conformed our father to not being able to care for himself. The disease has run on his side of the family, passed down by his father. Four of his brothers developed this disease later in their lives and has since passed on.
When this disease first started to affect my father, we as children had no idea that what we were witnessing was an early stage of Alzheimer's.The first signs we started noticing, but didn't think nothing of it, was his forgetting where he was placing certain things.For example,he had been placing his car keys in a certain place each night before going to bed, but then started asking my mother each morning has she seen his car keys. This went on for a few days and literally was driving my mother crazy. Little did she know was that her husband mind was slipping away.
The next thing that we started noticing was how irritable he was becoming.He was snapping at us when we were trying to help him. We would have to remind him to eat or change clothes and each time we did this he became more stubborn. It's my opinion that in the early stages of this disease, the person know what is happening to them, yet has no control of where it is taking them.Losing their independence has to be rough excepting.
It is up to us to see different signs that we absolutely know is out of character for them, especially if they have been doing certain things for years, and now has no idea what or how to do them.I'm not talking about everything, but I am talking about things like bathing regularly, changing clothes, and any other thing that we know is an everyday essential.
These are some of the signs we need to pay attention to and inform our family doctors right away, because this just may be the first signs that they are in the early stage of Alzheimer's.
If you have any comments that may help anyone that may read this article, please do so.
Below you will find a real life story by an Alzheimer's sufferer, who shares his frustration,hurt, and pain. His e-book brings hope for those who suffer from this terrible disease. Get this amazing e-book for the one time cost of $10.45. Click Here For Details
Email address: cedricterrell@ymail.com
http://myparentalzheimers.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-fathers-alzheimers-changed-my-life.html
http://myparentalzheimers.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-can-you-give-medicine-to-spouse-or.html
http://myparentalzheimers.blogspot.com/2011/12/should-you-put-parents-or-spouse-with.html
In this articles I will give you insights on my experience with the signs of a parent with Alzheimer's.My father has had this terrible disease for over 15 years and we watch how it literally conformed our father to not being able to care for himself. The disease has run on his side of the family, passed down by his father. Four of his brothers developed this disease later in their lives and has since passed on.
When this disease first started to affect my father, we as children had no idea that what we were witnessing was an early stage of Alzheimer's.The first signs we started noticing, but didn't think nothing of it, was his forgetting where he was placing certain things.For example,he had been placing his car keys in a certain place each night before going to bed, but then started asking my mother each morning has she seen his car keys. This went on for a few days and literally was driving my mother crazy. Little did she know was that her husband mind was slipping away.
The next thing that we started noticing was how irritable he was becoming.He was snapping at us when we were trying to help him. We would have to remind him to eat or change clothes and each time we did this he became more stubborn. It's my opinion that in the early stages of this disease, the person know what is happening to them, yet has no control of where it is taking them.Losing their independence has to be rough excepting.
It is up to us to see different signs that we absolutely know is out of character for them, especially if they have been doing certain things for years, and now has no idea what or how to do them.I'm not talking about everything, but I am talking about things like bathing regularly, changing clothes, and any other thing that we know is an everyday essential.
These are some of the signs we need to pay attention to and inform our family doctors right away, because this just may be the first signs that they are in the early stage of Alzheimer's.
If you have any comments that may help anyone that may read this article, please do so.
Below you will find a real life story by an Alzheimer's sufferer, who shares his frustration,hurt, and pain. His e-book brings hope for those who suffer from this terrible disease. Get this amazing e-book for the one time cost of $10.45. Click Here For Details
Email address: cedricterrell@ymail.com
http://myparentalzheimers.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-fathers-alzheimers-changed-my-life.html
http://myparentalzheimers.blogspot.com/2011/12/how-can-you-give-medicine-to-spouse-or.html
http://myparentalzheimers.blogspot.com/2011/12/should-you-put-parents-or-spouse-with.html
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