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Talking Wise.
Yesterday, I had a conversation with my friend Richard
Taylor. The topics of our conversation were wide ranging
and I felt quite invigorated after we hung up the phone. This is
no great surprise as Richard is a retired college professor,
author and psychologist. Oh, did I mention that Richard is
also a person living with Alzheimer's disease? After recovering
from the shock of his diagnosis five years ago, Richard has
spent his time writing about Alzheimer's care and what it is
like to be living with the diagnosis. He is hoping to
improve communication, care and consideration between family and
professional caregivers and those for whom they care.
Richard told me about a time when he was talking with a
colleague who was relating the challenges she was having
communicating with her husband also living with Alzheimer's
disease. She must have taken Richard's words to heart
because after their conversation, she hurried out of the room
saying "Excuse me; I have to go home and love on my husband".
I guess once a teacher always a teacher.
Take careb>
Gary Barg
Editor-in-Chief
gary@caregiver.com
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My
mother passed away a month
ago. My Father is 89 years
old and has advanced
Alzheimer's disease. With
medicine and a lot of care
from our family, he has
actually gone on for 10
years now after being
diagnosed. Then, he fell a
couple weeks ago and broke
his arm. Now, he is either
not wanting to eat or he
won't eat as much as he did
previously at mealtime. He
is losing weight and just
kind of fading.
My
sister thinks that we need
to do something to stop
Father's deterioration. She
wants to give him Ensure and
anything else to stop him
from losing weight. I say he
is winding down and this is
normal. I think its
important to make him
comfortable, let him sleep
as much as he wants and
don't try to force him to
walk or do things he doesn't
want to do. I would not want
anyone trying to make me eat
or do uncomfortable things
just to gain a few more
months, weeks, or days that
I will probably sleep
through anyway.
When
should nature be allowed to
take it's course? What
should we do?
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