posted on September 6, 2008 06:06:43 AM new
90 years old woman who has lost her short term memory,read 2 newspaper every morning and said there is no news to report.
Cant reconcile bank statement,does not know which column to read in her passbook savings booklet to find out how much money she has in the account,spend hours reading years old letters and cant figure what is in the letters.
Does not want to wash her hair claiming she just washed it days ago,does not want to take a bath as weather is not hot enough!
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Gulag-a Soviet era concentration camp is now reincarnated as EBAY with 13,000 rules.
posted on September 6, 2008 06:15:54 AM new
There are many causes for this type of behavior in an elderly person. Alzheimer's is one. There are other forms of dementia or she could have had a mini-stroke. Medical evaluation is needed to determine the cause. I am the caregiver for my aunt, who has Alzheimer's. She has many of the symptoms you describe--memory loss, not wanting to bathe or wash,etc. I don't know if she lives alone, but she should not be. She is not capable of caring for herself.
posted on September 6, 2008 06:19:11 AM new
Sounds more like dementia. My mother died from complications due to Alzheimer's and it's a bit more complicated and takes more to diagnose. In fact, they can't be sure you even have it until they do an autopsy when you die. It usually starts at an earlier age than 90. My best friend's mother has dementia and your description sounds like her.
With Alzheimer's you will forget how to swallow so eating becomes nearly impossible. The doctors call it failure to thrive. You will forget how to sleep, how to walk and how to talk. Your cognitive skills disappear. You can remember what happened 50 years ago, but what happened one hour ago is lost. It's a cruel disease to both the victim and their family.
Cheryl
Whitman said she and McCain share a philosophy of scaling back the role of government. a point of view partly shaped by her EBay experience. "The EBay model is very Republican in its essence -- it's about making a small number of rules and getting out of the way while not overtaxing the community," she said.
