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Dementia and Alzheimer's

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Things you wish you’d noticed and early signs
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Coping with phone calls through the night
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Parents refusing help
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Friend with Alzheimer's has habit of storming off when taken on an outing or attending hosp appointment
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Rapid decline over three months.
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Tips for helping Mum with toothbrushing when she has mild dementia
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Coping with a partner in a nursing home and being alone
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Does anyone have an automated pill dispenser( Pippa tipper or Pivotell) filled by the chemist ?
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When your partner starts to decline...
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Dosette box not working any recommendations for automatic pill dispenser?
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Turned down by care home
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Reassurance needed about moving mum with dementia into a care home
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I can stand watching my mum slowly and painfully declining. It's destroying me.
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Anyone had genetic testing for early onset Alzheimer's in the family?
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Not understanding why she needs residential care
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Early onset dementia in under 50.
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Help...What do we need to do?
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Pain medication patches for Demetia patients
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Refusing to wash
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Any positives with Memantine?
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Friend thinking there's no point visiting mutual friend with dementia as she won't recall the visit
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Are we in the end stages of advanced dementia with Dad?
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Take head, apply rhythmically to wall, repeat
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88yo bedbound mainly eats sweets and sleeps - is the end near?
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Respite care first timers .... advice needed.
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Airbnb travel insurance for elderly relative?
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Sharing a free competition for specialist dementia day care support
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Struggling with mum's decline
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I’ve convinced myself that I will get dementia like my poor mum and that maybe it’s started already and that’s all I can think about.
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What should social services do? Feeling alone
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Rapid decline in mum with dementia after fall, are we near the end?
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Can dementia get rapidly worse over a couple of weeks?
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Confused about end of life care
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Should I limit junk food for my husband with dementia?
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Primary Progressive Aphasia
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New Care Agency can't provide care
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CHC funding in Wales
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Restlessness
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Near the end but not imminently
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Possible dementia symptoms and REM sleep problems, what should we do?
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So worried about Mum moving to care home this week
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What to expect from a memory clinic referral for dementia
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Viewing a care home for respite care. What questions do I ask?
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Recommendations for a GPS tracker for a parent with Alzheimer’s
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Medication refusal
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Handhold over saying no to hospital
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Type of dementia?
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Suggestions for a freezer lock for mum with dementia
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How to tell mum with dementia about my breast cancer diagnosis?
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Dad constantly agitated and exit seeking
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