Last updated:
07-Nov-2009
Mom can't live alone but blows off my attempts to help
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I am 62 years old. I am a diabetic. I am on Namenda for memory. It also helps with my Diabetes. I take a lot of medicine for Chronic pain due to a back injury. This includes Ambien. My Dr. says according to my test I have a Cognitive memory loss. I forget the middle of things. It seems to be getting worse. An exemple is a Friend told me to go to the libary and get a Cd called Keeping Faith to listen to when I went on a trip. I wrote down Keeping Faith . Later I had no memory of this at all. I can not remember names of people in my quilting club that I should know, or the middle of a page in a book. I have read. I can not quilt a pattern any longer. I do not understand how to read the pattern. I can not follow instructions because I will remember the beginning but forget the middle and maybe remember the ending of the instruction. Have you heard of this type of dementia? How long before The middle forgetfullness catches up with both the front memory and back memory? Any ideas you can give me for a support group also would be appreciated. I was told I do not have alhemilhmers.
Great answer. I think that with the safety issue, you can get your Mom a FotoDialer. It will allow her to easily call for help even if she is frazzled in an emergency. It connects into her existing analog phone. There are 24 wallet sized photos in her FotoDialer where she can just dial people/places by pressing a button next to their photograph. This is not a cure-all answer, but I think it may help her have more connection with you, more self reliance, and the ability to call for help in an emergency. http://www.FotoDialer.com
Thank you for this insightful answer. I, too, am dealing with this type of situation. Becoming the parent is never easy, and I find responses like these helpful.