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December Check-In

Hello, everyone. It is not December 1 and a new month is here. The last days of 2012 are upon us. Many will...

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Blessings, Dave

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Just a note about Aracept, Exelon, etc.

Hi Everyone, It seems that people who take Aricept, Exelon, or another similar products have a...

Posted by Judith L London, PhD

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Beautiful June

Hello Everyone. I've been negligent in checking in. Things have been going well for me and Ken. He is...

Posted by 2010guardian

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Problem with bowel movements

Mom is in the middle stages or early late stage of Alzheimer's. she has been having chronic problems with...

Posted by readywriter2

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Alzheimer is uncontrollable disease

Alzheimer's disease can be possible if you have a close relative who have this too- I read it in google...

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Emotions after the death of an alzheimer patient/f...

I have been looking for support groups for some of my family including myself since the recent passing of my...

Posted by Nicky22

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Alzheimer's

My Mom just passed away and my brother and I are caring for my Dad with Alzheimer's. I am angry that my life...

Posted by An_252065

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meds and alzheimers

I am a care giver for a elderly man in his 80s . he has Alzheimer's. the family does not understand the affect of...

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New philosophy for treating dementia patients

There is a fascinating article in the current New Yorker about a facility in Arizona using a completely...

Posted by cjh1203

There is a fascinating article in the current New Yorker about a facility in Arizona using a completely different approach to dealing with dementia patients than has been used in most memory-care facilities. Unfortunately, you can only read part of the article unless you are already a subscriber or sign up to subscribe to the digital edition.

Staff of the facility, including administrators, doctors, nurses, and even maintenance workers, observe patients carefully and take their cues from the patients rather than following the fairly narrow regimen of a standard memory-care facility. By watching the patients, they are often able to get to the source of anxiety, agitation or even violence and address that, rather than going the standard drug route. They have been able to get almost all of their patients off anti-psychotic drugs and reduced their meds significantly overall.

One illustration given was the case of a man who became very angry and agitated when he was being bathed or dressed. Someone noticed that he liked to watch TV during those times, but people kept getting between him and the TV, blocking his view. Once he was given a clear view of the TV, he was fine. In a normal facility, he would have probably been labeled uncooperative or difficult and given medication for his behavior.

They find the things that make patients happy -- for instance, one man loved being told he was handsome -- and the entire staff will tailor their behavior toward those patients based on that.

They also do not have a schedule for anything. Staff members do not have to have patients dressed or bathed by a certain time in the morning and, as long as basic hygiene is maintained, staff are free to take their patients' wishes as guidance. Patients are also allowed to eat at any time of the day or night and snacks are passed like hors d'oeuvres several times a day, since dementia patients often forget to eat and end up losing a lot of weight.

The goal of this philosophy of care is to keep the patient happy, rather than trying to regulate their behavior to keep them manageable. Keeping them happy seems to lead to much less agitation and violence.

Other facilities are now following The Beatitudes' model. Think what a difference it could make for the families of dementia patients, as well as the patients themselves, to see happiness as the primary consideration in care.

I hope you'll all get to read the article.

Carol
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Dementia?

I'm really anxious to hear from folks that are experiencing a family member with dementia? My mother-in-law is...

Posted by 6people

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Hello Everyone.

I decided to return to the WebMD communities. Long-time member using 'davedsel57' as my screen name. My dad...

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Contact Person in case of Emergency on Doctors for...

Today the Dermatologist's nurse called to speak to my husband who has AD about the report of possible...

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MEDICATION HELP

i'm new to this and hope that someone can help me. my dad is in a nursing home and has alzheimer's,...

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MEDICATION HELP

i'm new to this and hope that someone can help me. my dad is in a nursing home and has alzheimer's,...

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MEDICATION HELP

i'm new to this and hope that someone can help me. my dad is in a nursing home and has alzheimer's,...

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Welcome April

Hi Everyone, The older I get, the faster time flies by! Spring is in the air, and it's a good...

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surgery effect on alzheimer's

BACKGROUND: My mom, age 86, diabetic & healthy except she has alzheimer's & breast cancer. She lives...

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looking for an article for the degrees of alzheim...

hi ! trying to find an article that would give me something to guage alzheimers,,, mild, moderate, severe. my...

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looking for an article for the degrees of alzheim...

hi ! trying to find an article that would give me something to guage alzheimers,,, mild, moderate, severe. my...

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looking for an article for the degrees of alzheim...

hi ! trying to find an article that would give me something to guage alzheimers,,, mild, moderate, severe. my...

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my dad is heavyset and has dementia with lewy body

does anyone else have a problem with getting your loved one up and down from weight issues?

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Alzheimer's vs. Lewy Body Dementia

Yesterday I had a new revelation after listening to a news report on dementia. It stated that a person who...

Posted by 2010guardian

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Alzheimer's vs. Lewy Body Dementia

Yesterday I had a new revelation after listening to a news report on dementia. It stated that a person who...

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Please Get Involved in Clinical Trials for Alzheim...

Get involved in Clinical Trials. You can join a database to be notified of Clinical Trials in your area....

Posted by BethanyBray

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What are the end stages like?

Hi, My aunt has had Alzheimer's for about 6 years. After a bout with pneumonia in November, she seemed to...

Posted by An_250832

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March Greetings

Hi Everyone, Sorry that I've been a little late with replies but I've just finished a round of...

Posted by Judith L London, PhD

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Help

My 65 yr. old mother was diagnosed today with dementia and ataxia. I'm devastated, so is my father. Any...

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Does he or dosen't he?

My spouse of 43 yrs has me somewhat concerned if he has beginning stages of Alzheimer's.First he is only...

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My husband's family stole him from me, wants conse...

HELP! Though I have just read a lot from the law library, RE abduction, which is a crime, especially when...

Posted by SadArmyWife

HELP! Though I have just read a lot from the law library, RE abduction, which is a crime, especially when they take a dependent adult out of state with intent to not return, they do not care about the law. Nor my rights as a spouse in California community property state. They acted odd from the beginning, instead of communicating with me the way any normal person would, they interogated me, gathering information. They were abusive in their remarks and attitudes. I am not a criminal have no criminal background, though my husband's daughter has a spouse (who was, at the time we were engaged, just dating/living with her, who was a convicted felon, and his other 2 kids don't seem to mind! They are cold and mean to my husband, always treating him like an laughing-stock and never giving warmth. Moreover I am not only offended at their outright accusations that I only wanted him for "his money" when we were so poor we needed food at the food banks and homeless dinners--when I pointed that out, and that I'd carried all those cans and heavy bags of food, the scummy ex-con snarled "You were homeless trash before, this is all a palace to you." This sentiment is shared by all. No, they do not have any right to say nor feel so. I always took care of him while none of them ever did anything, leaving him to starve, not helping with rent money. They scapegoated me for everything--now they took him out of state to Nevada, though this is against the law--I am his legal spouse I have first rights. I believe they intend to keep him there to establish residency then have conservatorship and then force him to request divorce while he is not in his right mind. I've been reading more about this in the past two weeks and realized that the reason they put the younger daughter's name on a joint bank account with him was preliminary to conservatorship--but they deceived him, he had no idea, when i asked him why she was on there, he gave as reason "so we could send each other presents of money." BS! But he believed it. This winter when California hit record low temperatures, she took him out of the VA hospital, got him to sign paper at bank tying up the bank account so he could not get money without her signature then took our car--leaving us to die in the cold no money for a room nor food nor anything. If the aromory had not opened, her extortion might have worked--though I would have begged my relatives to please send us tickets to stay with them until his next month's money came through before accepting her terms which likely included giving me a few bucks to go away. She is psychotic and needs to be jailed. My husband thought so too, but then 2 weeks ago he went to his older daughter's house to get our car back. I warned him they would kidnap him and they did. Police were almost useless they seem to be on THEIR side becaise we were homeless--though staying in a motel long term, so we had a home--and they have a surface appearance of respectability. I love my husband and stuck with him through the two years of our homelessness--not impressing the filthy inlaws because they call my homeless trash and "crazy" and "mentally unbalanced"--which is actually slander and malice. But will the courts and any appointed psychiatrist ever respect me? Or are they all shallow like the VA Psych. who went against our express wishes and contacted his family, even after I told them they were abusive?View Thread

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Are Psychiatrists shallow, using mostly surface appearance to GUESS at mental health or illness? Even not taking into consideration one's economic state ( homeless people don't have opportunity to get many new clothes) shouldn't they expand their consideration?

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