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I think this alztheimers SL with Caroline is going to be good, I think I read on daysCafe she will get treatment and stay in Salem. This could be a good SL for her, I think she’s doin a great job so far, she and victor are going to take a walk down memory lane. I’ll look forward to that.
I’ve thankfully haven’t had to deal with a member of my family with alzteimers(sp?) but my husbands grand parents developed it in their late 80s, he was worse than his wife, they both died around the same time, they wew the same age, not quite sure if they were 90 yet. It was really hard on my mother in law because she lived with them and was the primary care giver to both of them she finally has to hire a nurse to help her. It was sad to see them like that.
you shouldn’t feel sorry for the Alzheimer’s patient because they don’t know what’s happening to them. But the caregiver is a different story entirely.
I used to work with a man who’s wife was pretty far advanced and the things he’d tell us that happened were heartbreaking. Not only do you have to try and care for a person you love who doesn’t even know who you are most of the time, you have to put up with the fighting with you and a general bad disposition much of the time. I felt so badly for him.
I think it is especially hard on a man to do as they are not the nurturers that women typically are. And poor Caroline has no one to be with her 24/7. I wonder who will get the job.
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