Alzheimer's Disease Support Group

My mama has Alzheimers and dementia,I have been taking care of her since 4/2004.It has been a long hard road but we are struggling along.Right now we,my oldest daughter with whom I live with because of my own health problems and 2 oldest of my 4 grandkids that I have raised since they were born,are going through the combative stage with Mama,she has her good days and bad,also she is refusing to take her medicine,she says she is better and she doesn't need the meds anymore.She's on bloodpressure,Heart,seziure,diabetic and depression medicine and she really needs tokeep taking all of them.she tries to run off,we have to keep the doors locked.But then at times she is so cooperative,takes her meds get dressfor me,take little short walks with me without running off.We can go out to eat and not worry about her causing problem.Like I said it is a hard but we are doing the best we can.

It is hard when they are at that stage. I had the problem that my mom thought I was stealing her money. She would give her money away then think it was me or the bank stealing it. You might need to look into facilities. There are some places that you can do like a day care for them. If that wont work you might have to look into a full time care facility. You need to be able to care for yourself . I had to have my momgo into a place because of health reasons and how violent she had become. I just couldnt protect myself or help her take her meds. She wouldnt take them or a bath. It just became too big of a job for me. I found a place and then would go and visit. That worked much better. I wish you the best.