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		<title>Dementia Forum: Mother's early stages of Dementia - DailyStrength</title>
		<description>Hi,

I wrote about my mother being recently diagnosed with Dementia and have since read many of your accounts as caretakers.

My mother'...</description>
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			<title>Comment by granddaughter</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Dementia/forum/2368787-mothers-early-stages-dementia/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hello, welcome & hang in there. It is wonderful to read everyone's posts. So good to know that we are not alone even when we feel most alone.  
 I <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Faith')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Hope">hope</a> to make it to a support group soon. I found some locally on the<a href="http://alz.org" title="http://alz.org" target="_blank"> alz.org</a> site when I did a search on there site for <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Support_Groups" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Support_Groups')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Support Groups">support groups</a>.  
 On Daily strengt...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:46:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Peggy940</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Dementia/forum/2368787-mothers-early-stages-dementia/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[my mom was that way for about 5 to 6 years then she had a illness that required her to be in the hospital for 17 days she was never the same after that her dementia progressed quickly and we lost her on the 23 of Nov 07 thankfully she was only really bad from Oct 17 till her passing. my thoughts and...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:49:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by ImAStar</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Dementia/forum/2368787-mothers-early-stages-dementia/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[My husband is actually at an earlier stage than your mother is. He still drives, but except for very local trips usually needs help navigating to places that are outside our local neighborhood. Sometimes, as happened yesterday, we get about half way someplace and he remembers the rest of the way. An...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:51:58 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by DaughterinlawHELL</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Dementia/forum/2368787-mothers-early-stages-dementia/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You said everything that i wanted to type.  My MIL is also in the early stages of dementia.  WE are hanging in there but it is so dang hard.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:54:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by angelunaware</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Dementia/forum/2368787-mothers-early-stages-dementia/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[My husband is in the early stages of dementia.  I am trying to enjoy everyday and every minute with him.  I will be starting a support group at my church since there are two new couples who the husband has dementia.  I want a support group that encourages each other on what we have, not what we do n...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:58:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by ImAStar</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Dementia/forum/2368787-mothers-early-stages-dementia/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Angel, I found myself nodding yes, yes when I read your post. I also am trying to enjoy the good things that we still have while I can. It isn't easy to do, but I think that when I look back to this time, I'll be glad for every good memory that I will have.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:32:15 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by angelunaware</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Dementia/forum/2368787-mothers-early-stages-dementia/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[You are right.  The only memories I want to remember are the good ones.  My approach will be to find the good memeories everyday since there are so many negative thigns that happen.  I read in an ALZ brochure to look at your spouse in the eyes when you communicate.  I have found that when I look int...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:31:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by RanK</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Dementia/forum/2368787-mothers-early-stages-dementia/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Thank you for your replies.   It is good to know there is understanding and support and that I am not alone. 
  
 I pray for peace in all your lives. 
  
 RanK]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:28:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by pick61</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Dementia/forum/2368787-mothers-early-stages-dementia/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I very much understand what you're saying here.  My Dad recently lost his license for medical reasons, and unfortunately I don't drive.  Still, I commute back and forth to his place by bus, trying to take him home-cooked food and whatever else he may need.  The doctor would like to see him give up h...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:37:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by chrissy07</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Dementia/forum/2368787-mothers-early-stages-dementia/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[My 79yr old father-in-law has dementia. He is still able to live on his own at this time, but we all take turns each day checking on him, making him dinner, making sure he takes his meds, etc.  A saving grace for us has been the senior center in our town. He goes there in the morning until mid-after...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:10:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by mrswalls</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Dementia/forum/2368787-mothers-early-stages-dementia/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The siutation with my Mom sounds very similar to yours. She has yet to be officially diagnosed - her GP is just in process of making the referral to a geriatric neuropsychiatrist. We brought Mom to live with my family and I in December after my sister called telling us that Mom was hallucinating. Mo...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 23:37:48 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by CCates</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Dementia/forum/2368787-mothers-early-stages-dementia/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi I moved my mom in with us 4 yrs ago and at that time time we did not know she had dementia or even the start of it.  I couldn't have her at thome because she was falling and she would get lost when driving so I talked her into my home.  watching this dementia is hard and it doesn't get better I'm...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 12:08:22 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by Grandpa</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Dementia/forum/2368787-mothers-early-stages-dementia/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Angel and Imastar, i can see your positive point especially when its your Husband, or your child, but for some reason it does not feel the same when its your FIL and i feel horrible for even thinking this i love him and a family argument happend and now he has been with me for a year just about i tr...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 23:32:33 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by ImAStar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Grandpa, have you called in Hospice? If your loved one is in Stage 7, you are at the end of this disease and you may be eligable for some help.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 08:37:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by johnpeter</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I know what you mean about needing to vent. I feel a bit better about my situation since  have been on this website. 
 I relate to everything you say, and for me I also am dealing with vicious suspicion and arguments, and I cannot take her to a doctor because she is in such firm denial.]]></description>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:25:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by SusanMelissa</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Dementia/forum/2368787-mothers-early-stages-dementia/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Hi Everyone 
 Your stories have made me cry I felt so alone My MIL My Mom is how I feel about her broke her hip in Sept this year in NJ and has not been the same since just getting worse, she was bad prior but now worse, its so sad to see the self protecting part of her mind gone. She has no fear so ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 21:15:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by telnanc</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[At least you got a diagnosis of Dementia. I know my mother is not normal and the doctor that helped me encourage my mother to involve me in her finances retired last May. Her new doctor for the past year really hasn't really had a chance to see anything drastic, but over the last couple of months my...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 02:10:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by ImAStar</title>
			<link>http://dailystrength.org/c/Dementia/forum/2368787-mothers-early-stages-dementia/lastpage</link>
			<description><![CDATA[One of the problems with doctors who are not <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Listening" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Listening')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Listening">listening</a> to the caregiver is that the patient manages to look almost normal for the 15 to 20 minutes that the doctor sees them, and then when you get home they fall apart from the strain. But, of course, the doctor does not see that. 
  
 You need a refera...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 08:27:43 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by lcptexas</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[My 85 year old mom has early dementia-due to TIA's (mini-strokes). She is forgetting to pay bills, forgetting to take medicine, confused about everything! I am researching assisted living. When we visit a facility, she will tell everyone that she is all ready to move.  She even gave her notice at he...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 23:25:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by ImAStar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[lcptexas, your mother is in the most frustrating stage of the disease. There is a lot of denial going on. And frustration both on your part and hers. Hang in there. 
  
 And it is OK to vent. This is a safe place to vent. So is that hotline at the Alzheimer's Association. I called them myself last nig...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 06:39:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by beverleaf</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I've been thinking about this after <a href="http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Reading" onclick="treatmentHotLink('http://dailystrength.org/treatments/Reading')" class="treatmentlink" title="Learn more about Reading">reading</a> a lot of your messages and I think my mom was getting this way like maybe 6 years ago. She would ask my stepdad the answer to something rather than thinking of it or about it herself, and i just thought she was being lazy. She has always done this, even wh...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 02:16:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by beverleaf</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[One thing becomes another. My mom was diagnosed with Narcissistic and Borderline Personality disorder years ago but now the dementia mimics the same behaviors. The first doctors they went to couldnt see the dementia--treated her for anxiety and depression and some OCD but she got worse cuz it wasnt ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 02:22:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Comment by ImAStar</title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Yes beverleaf, that is how it is. You FINALLY get a diagnosis, and you try to figure out where it all started. 
  
 They are all very good at hiding the fact that they have a memory problem. It is not unusual for someone to be diagnosed with something else because this is a group of diseases and they ...]]></description>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 08:41:18 +0100</pubDate>
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