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Reply: In need of some tips or advice

I've actually right out asked my dad to help me with her personal grooming habits....

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In need of some tips or advice

Because of my mom's Alzheimer's disease she is no longer interested in personal...

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Reply: I think my mom is getting worse

Actually my parents aren't divorced, they just don't live in the same house. It's a...

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I think my mom is getting worse

My mom has Alzheimer's and of course I'm the one that lives with her. I have other...

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Reply: Sometimes I feel very alone

I do tell them I don't handle it as well as it seems but I've never gone into detail...

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Reply: Sometimes I feel very alone

Thank you. Our family doctor is very supportive of me, he is definitely someone I...

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Reply: Sometimes I feel very alone

I noticed a couple of weeks ago that there is a local support group that was very...

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Reply: Sometimes I feel very alone

Thank you for your response. There are two problems with putting my mom in a...

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Sometimes I feel very alone

My mom is now 70 years old. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease 5 years ago....

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My mom is now 70 years old. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease 5 years ago. My father is still in fairly good health but my parents don't live together and haven't for at least 20 years. So I've been living with my mom only, since I was 16 years old and I'm now 37.

I notice my mom's Alzheimer's getting worse and worse as time goes by. At this point she can't do anything without my instruction and supervision. She still uses the bathroom just fine, but she won't take showers unless I tell her too. Sometimes when I tell her to shower she does it without question, other times she gets defensive. She mostly wears the same clothes all the time because it's difficult for me to keep track of that. She is actually defensive most of the time now and it seems like I can't talk to her without her snapping at me. She has delusions as well. She's told people that my middle sister is a thief, she thinks that local law enforcement has blamed her for stealing, she thinks the neighbors want to sue her, and many other off the wall stories. If I don't tell her when to eat meals, she doesn't eat. She has also completely lost her sense of taste and smell and her eyesight is slowly diminishing too. The family doctor has prescribed her medications for the Alzheimer's, but she refuses to take anything. Normally taking care of my mom isn't my only responsibility, I also have a house cleaning business. So when I'm working out of the house, my mom is by herself. Nobody offers to stay with her. I even had to take her with me on vacation last year, that was a challenge! Recently I've developed some kind of crippling illness (doctors haven't been able to diagnose yet) but I still remain responsible for caring for my mom.

I feel alone because I have no help or support from anybody in my family. When I talk to my dad about it he laughs at me and says it's better you than me, or he just refuses to talk about it at all. My dad doesn't feel like my middle sister should have to help either because she has a life of her own. I have actually experienced depression so severe at one point that I nearly took my own life. The family doctor is fantastic and stands behind me all the way. He prescribed some anti depressants and had me see a therapist for quite some time. After about a year, I pulled out of the depression but it comes and goes. Nobody in my family knows anything about it. So all in all I have no help and nobody to talk too. Most of my family is in denial about the whole thing. I would welcome any advice, opinions, comments or questions.View Thread

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