Caregiver Heart

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   Golfe

   June 15, 2012

   First of all, my heart goes out to your mother. This is a huge task she has taken on. I can tell you from study and experience, change is very difficult for folks with Alzheimer’s and often sets them back a bit. However, it’s imperative that your mom has a break and gets her health issues under control. I will also share with you what I am observing as I volunteer in memory care where Mother lived and died. It has been a year and a half since then … many of the same residents are still there – many have passed away. The progression of the residents’ dementia is pronounced and it’s so hard to see that after having been away for many months. I wish now I had removed the meds from Mother much earlier than we did. After a while they cease to be effective. She was actually more comfortable without them. She had been on Aricept, Trazadone and a med for Parkinson’s .. which it turned out she never even had! God Bless.

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