All about Dementia
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lee_yl:
For the sufferer, the hardest part is the early stages when they realise that their memory etc is failing, but they are not able to accept it, or are confused. They can become very stressed, paranoid, bad-tempered, resistant to care etc. That is the toughest part for both the person and the carers, from my experience with my grandmother. When they no longer aware, they are quite happy in their own world and are also easier to care for in a way, but their health may be more of a problem then. For me, what really helped in coping was the understanding that life was a full circle, from childhood to \"2nd childhood\", and not to expect that the trajectory is always upward. My mother found it very hard to transition from daughter to \"mother\".I think for those with Dementia, they would be in their own world, perhaps as happy as a 3yo. It is the caregiver or children who will suffer.
Perhaps best to settle all matters regarding estate succession, including leaving a will and making known the contents before Dementia sets in. -
slmkhoo:
I agree the first part and transition period is very tough.
For the sufferer, the hardest part is the early stages when they realise that their memory etc is failing, but they are not able to accept it, or are confused. They can become very stressed, paranoid, bad-tempered, resistant to care etc. That is the toughest part for both the person and the carers, from my experience with my grandmother. When they no longer aware, they are quite happy in their own world and are also easier to care for in a way, but their health may be more of a problem then. For me, what really helped in coping was the understanding that life was a full circle, from childhood to \"2nd childhood\", and not to expect that the trajectory is always upward. My mother found it very hard to transition from daughter to \"mother\".lee_yl:
I think for those with Dementia, they would be in their own world, perhaps as happy as a 3yo. It is the caregiver or children who will suffer.
Perhaps best to settle all matters regarding estate succession, including leaving a will and making known the contents before Dementia sets in.
As a preventive measure, we should take more antioxidants or drink a cup of black coffee a day. -
Dementia is not just about "becoming a child etc".
I think it is the loss of motor skills ?
Am I confused with Parkinson disease? -
lee_yl:
for those who have dementia, they are suffering from memory loss.I think for those with Dementia, they would be in their own world, perhaps as happy as a 3yo. It is the caregiver or children who will suffer.
Perhaps best to settle all matters regarding estate succession, including leaving a will and making known the contents before Dementia sets in.
for serious cases, they even forget who their children are. -
memory loss includes forgotten if meals taken or so ?
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starlight1968sg:
memory loss includes forgotten if meals taken or so ?
yes...even after they have eaten or what they have eaten...they would tell you they have not eaten at all. my grandmother's dementia is still manageable. she can remember all of us, but aunt's MIL has forgotten who her children are. -
Loss of motor skills is Parkinson’s.
Paternal grandma had a double whammy. Alzheimer and Parkinson’s.
It was no walk in the park for her. In the beginning it was difficult for her as she knows she is losing control and losing her memories. As the disease progressed, it was still difficult because she was out of synch with everyone. What she perceives as the reality is not what others around her are seeing, causing a lot of frustrations and at times even friction with and among the people around her.
Short term memories are the first to go, so they will forget that they have eaten or not eaten, bathed or not, things like that. Imagine the fear when things start looking foreign to you, and when you start forgetting the people closest to you, everyone will seem like a stranger to you. So even in the advance stages it may not be as blissful as some may think. -
uncle has parkinsons…it started with right finger shaking. he has suffered more than 20 years. now he cannot talk and swallow as muscles have tightened and on liquid diet through a tube inserted in the stomach.
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lee_yl:
wow.. true
As a preventive measure, we should take more antioxidants or drink a cup of black coffee a day.
lucky i know how to drink / not dislike black kopi -
lee_yl:
wow.. true
As a preventive measure, we should take more antioxidants or drink a cup of black coffee a day.
lucky i know how to drink / not dislike black kopi
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