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Carol (cbhillman)
Age: 62
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I am caring for my mother, Anita, who is 92 years old, living at independent living community and the primary ailment is alzheimer's / dementia.

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AgingCareTeam gave a hug 11/1/2010 at 12:37 pm

Happy National Family Caregivers Month!

National Family Caregivers month is about honoring yourself as one of the 65 million family caregivers in this country who take care of their loved o ...Read More

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Commented on a discussion 7/30/2011 at 6:30 pm

Convincing an Elderly Parent to Wear Adult Diapers

Re the hot fudge sundaes: I have no problem with people with Alzheimer's eating sweets. My sisters used to carefully - and stupidly - monitor my mom's intake of sweets and by the time she died, she ...Read More

Commented on a discussion 4/29/2011 at 12:51 am

Convincing an Elderly Parent to Wear Adult Diapers

I also corrected the urologist who saw my mother. He was so impressed and thought the term "protective underwear" was wonderful. The next time we saw him, he was still saying 'diapers!" (sigh)

Commented on a discussion 4/28/2011 at 11:35 pm

Convincing an Elderly Parent to Wear Adult Diapers

I called them protective underpants. When my mom was in the hospital and a nurse or aide said something about diapers, I ALWAYS commented that he or she should use the term protective underwear. Whi ...Read More

Commented on a discussion 10/31/2008 at 11:58 pm

Should Aging Parents With Dementia Lose the Right to Vote?

RE: I hope that they exercise ethical standards (that is, only vote if the individual is capable of making such a decision).

Alternatively, ir is completely ethical if the helper knows w ...Read More

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