Daily Care for Alzheimer's and Other Dementias

Questions and Answers

1. How do I get my Alzheimer's mom to eat?

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2. Can we get Mom to accept adult day care?

   - My 85 year-old mother was diagnosed with Alzhiemer's Disease about two years ago. My dad and I are with her most of the time. Within the last month and a half she has had two serious falls. The first time she broke a vertebrae and had to have a procedure where they injected a cement type of material into the area...
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3. How can we keep my father-in-law from being so lethargic?

   - My father-in-law, who is in the later-middle stage of dementia, is mostly content when he is watching DVDs. He has a large collection (about 300 movies) and usually spends 12 or more hours a day sitting on the couch watching them. My husband and I enrolled him in an adult day program, trying to provide...
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4. How can I help someone with a dementia bathe and stay clean?

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5. How can I help my mother who believes she is constantly dirty?

   - Helping someone who believes they are always dirty
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6. How do I get my abled-bodied mom to bathe?

   - How do I get my able-bodied mom to bathe?
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7. How do we get my mother-in-law, who has Alzheimer's, to allow us to clean her house or bathe her?

   - My daughter and her husband live with my mother-in-law (age 85) that has Alzheimer's. She can not be left alone at all anymore because she wanders off often. She does not know who any of us are including my husband who is her only child and often says she is going home even though she is living in her home...
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8. How can I deal with my mother, who has Alzheimer's, and her fear of water?

   - My mother has Alzheimer's and has developed a fear of water- how can I deal with this? For more information, please visit www.caring.com
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9. What can we do if the Alzheimer's facility that my mom lives in won't bathe her?

   - What can we do if the Alzheimer's facility that my mom lives in won't bathe her? It has been six months! Find out at Caring.com.
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10. How can I encourage my listless mom to bathe?

    - Elderly people sometimes refuse to bathe out of modesty or fear of falling. What can you do to help when when a parent refuses to bathe or shower?
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