I came across this article a few days ago, and I take it very seriously, and you should, too. My Dad at the age of 83 had to have surgery for a hernia. He suffered from post-operative delirium and his cognitive deterioration seemed to accelerate after that. Less than a year later he was diagnosed…
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This is a problem
A little before the events surrounding our efforts to get Dad to take Aricept, I had come home, around the Christmas holidays as I recall. Mom was having serious problems with Dad wanting to get up in the night and start to wander, even catching him outside about 4am at one point. Needless to say…
More early signs
I recall vividly an incident on Dad’s 85th birthday–that was 7 years ago. I had flown home for the Christmas holidays a bit early to be there for his birthday, and to help Mom fix a nice meal and a cake. After the meal was done and the cake was brought out, Dad remarked about…