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Memory Loss
Memory Loss and Older Adults
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88 year old mom caught between rock and hard place because of highly dysfunctional sibling situation, any suggestions?
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IamAmy
Answered Jul 2021
What to do? My MIL's memory is getting worse...
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Riley2166
Answered Jul 2021
My siblings and I are struggling with how to reply to Mom's constant questions about where her husband is that died 2 years ago. Advice?
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MJ1929
Answered Jul 2021
What happens when your parent is considered mentally incompetent due to failing memory?
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disgustedtoo
Replied Jun 2021
Limiting cigarette consumption for dad with short term memory loss. Any suggestions?
33 Answers
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Llamalover47
Replied Jun 2021
Telling parent with Alzheimer's that spouse has died. How many times do you tell them? Or do you use a "therapeutic lie"?
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Butterfly72
Replied Jun 2021
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My Mom (91) with dementia begs me to let her go see her parents. How do we tell her that her family is no longer alive?
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Llamalover47
Answered Jun 2021
My mom is going to memory care tomorrow. She barely knows where she is. We have not told her. How do you tell her if she won't remember?
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RedVanAnnie
Replied Jun 2021
Memory deficits - physiology question. Is this typical with dementia?
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Llamalover47
Answered Jun 2021
I run a business and am receiving multiple calls per day from a customer with memory loss. Advice needed on how to handle it.
13 Answers
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my2cents
Answered Jun 2021
How do I know what stage dementia mom is in?
6 Answers
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Grandma1954
Answered Jun 2021
Is it helpful or harmful to ask a dementia patient over and over again who they are? Who you are? I heard neighbor doing that!?
6 Answers
R
Rwolfe
Answered Jun 2021
Ben can't remember from one day to the other and gets very anxious. How can I handle that?
3 Answers
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sjplegacy
Answered May 2021
Should I tell her (98, no memory) she has dementia? She is so confused. Last night she just sat and looked at me. I don't know anything.
36 Answers
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Sendhelp
Replied May 2021
When do I let things go when my mom confabulates?
8 Answers
T
Taarna
Answered May 2021
How important is it to see a neurologist?
36 Answers
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Peacefulness
Answered May 2021
This afternoon my loving husband of 32 years asked a question I was dreading to hear. “Why don’t I remember you?” I’m devastated, help me.
40 Answers
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disgustedtoo
Replied May 2021
What to say to my grandmother when she says “I wish I was in my own home”?
6 Answers
M
Mahogany
Answered May 2021
Need advice on how to deal with spouse's declining memory with age.
1 Answer
B
BearCat
Replied May 2021
Question: mom, with not too severe dementia, can’t remember that dad died 2 months ago. Memorial is in 5 weeks. Should I keep telling her?
14 Answers
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JoAnn29
Answered May 2021
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