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Minding Our Elders: Advice to possibly prevent Alzheimer's not faulting those...
INFORUMDear Carol: Both of my parents had Alzheimer's and have since died. I continually read advice on avoiding Alzheimer's with diet, exercise and other lifestyle changes and I find this...
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Minding Our Elders: Caregiver needs help when person with Alzheimer's turns...
INFORUMDear Carol: Six months ago, my husband was diagnosed with vascular dementia and soon after that with Alzheimer's. I have health problems including osteoporosis. We're in our late 70s. While...
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Minding Our Elders: Witnessing dying process can bring unique insight, relief
INFORUMDear Carol: My mother is 84 and has been ill for years with various ailments, including cancer. She recently fell and hit her head badly enough to require a trip...
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Minding Our Elders: How do caregivers know if Alzheimer's drugs are helping...
INFORUMDear Carol: My wife, Ann, has started taking some drugs that are supposed to help with her Alzheimer's disease. She was just diagnosed last month, but she's had symptoms for the...
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Minding Our Elders: Long-term caregivers can feel lost when caregiving ends
INFORUMDear Carol: I've spent the last seven years caring for my mother who was a cancer survivor with many unrelated health issues, as well as my father who had dementia....
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Minding Our Elders: Holidays can re-open wounds from past loss
INFORUMDear Carol: As the holidays approach, I'm facing the second anniversary of my husband's death from cancer. Until he entered hospice care, he'd endured months of misery and pain. With hospice,...
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INFORUMDear Carol: My dad died suddenly three years ago from a heart attack and now I'm beginning to believe that a quick death is the way to go. We're struggling...
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Minding Our Elders: Care home placement may be most loving choice for some...
INFORUMDear Carol: I'm not writing for advice, but to express frustration about people judging others. I know two families that have kept an ill parent at home with them. In...
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Minding Our Elders: Elders talking to themselves not necessarily a dementia flag
INFORUMDear Carol: My 73-year-old dad was widowed five years ago. He lives alone and considering all that he's been through, he seems quite happy. He putters around the house doing projects...
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Minding Our Elders: Celebrating Christmas with elder more important than...
INFORUMDear Carol: This is the first year that my mother has lived in a nursing home and thankfully she loves it. Mom has vascular dementia and has needed a wheelchair...
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