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This issue is what led to Dementia diagnoses instead of the diabetes diagnoses which I did not agree with.

I'm 49 and have developed issues with proprioception and peripheral neuropathy over the last 18 months, memory isn't so great either. Might be time to visit the doctor.

Natalie, I just love your hair!😊

Hello from New York. My 76 year old mother has this . She has trouble opening up a bag of chips as well as other things . She shuffles her feet won’t lift them and refuses a Walker . Refuses to see a Doctor, refuses everything and the incontinence is just out of control and refuses to bathe . At what stage is she in May I ask ? Someone please answer this . I am so confused because I have no one medically to ask . Thank you .

My MILWD has vascular dementia diagnosed by her primary. No neurologist. Never going to be...she refuses to participate in further testing or to take most prescribed meds. She has has the shuffle for some time now and been "clumsy" for years. We are noticing of late that she is dropping things or misjudging where to place something when she sets it down on table or counter. We thought her macular degeneration was to blame but this seems more likely the cause. Thank you for giving it a name 🙂

Cute hairdo, Natali 💇‍♀ Thanks for your helpful videos!

Hi Natalie 👋👋 Sometime back by like last year I followed my husband to go down an escalator and couldnt do it! I walk in to door jams side of fridge or stumble 😊 walking upwards on stairs I have Parkinson's with Lewy Body

I have mild Dementia and wouldn't think of my kids being my caregiver when I get worse. I have no problem going to a home,just pray I have someone check that I'm not being neglected like bed sores and bathing.

My LO is struggling with this. She also tries to walk directly behind me while shuffling her feet. It's almost as if she is using my cues to show her how to navigate terrain.

I agree. I lost my grandmother to dementia, and gave helped some friends rotate with thier loved ones when they were hospitalized or new r to being in a home

Excellent advice!

Yes!

It's so important that they see a Neurologist who will refer them to have cognitive studies. Some of the different dementia's have meds that can slow the progression of this disease. I know from my cognitive studies I do not have Alzheimer's. I just started with a new Neurologist who is great. I fired my last one for many reasons, but the worst was he prescribed me medication that a few days in, I researched it. It was for only Alzheimer's dementia and can make ppl with other types worse!!! 8 have seen my new Neuro once, and already had a Brain MRI And an EEG as well as specific blood work. My last Neuro only did a brain CR scan!

Recently diagnosed with mild dementia. And it's causing me to go blind. I have always been clumbsy, but I've noticed I am even more so the last few months. I also have been falling a lot more.

Sounds like Joe Biden!

I'm concerned about my older brother ..71 now. His mind seems sharp but every conversation we have lately ends up in an argument about ME being argumentative when I suggest anything other than his position. I just want normalcy but its hard to find common ground.😔

Increased clumsiness and bumping into things.

My Mom was experiencing much clumsiness during the last year or two. She would try and set something down only to set in on the edge of whatever surface. She was not very mobile at 94 and 95 years, so we didn't have the falling issues. So many things left her (and me, sorry to say) frustrated. But her dementia progressed slowly, so I am grateful we had her without too many severe symptoms all the way to her death last February. I miss her, but I also know she is in the presence of our God and so many loved ones who went before her.❤

Gait and balance. Falling a lot and dropping things.

Yes my LO has all the above and we are already on it.

Greetings from West Michigan. Yes, my 70 year old wife has "all of the above." Now I know the name for it...

How long can I expect to be well with early onset Alzheimer’s.

Previously I was thinking my 79-year-old husband was rushing, not paying attention and just plain hard on everything. Everything he touches gets marked up, dropped, ruined and the walls are all banged up from his banging the sweeper into it and this leave me having to repaint walls, clean up broken glass etc. I was pretty sure this was neurological in origin but maybe it is the issue you have described. He is having motor difficulties as well though the physician thinks those are CMT (Charcot Marie Tooth Disease) due to his high arches, hammer toes neuropathy etc.

What If I edit your videos?

Thank you for this eye opening perspective. I will reevaluate my daily interactions.

My late WWD was slammed by motor difficulties. She was bed-bound for 3 or 4 months before she died. She fell a couple of times, but never injured herself. She had vascular dementia.

My mother has all of these symptoms plus she gets off balance and staggers a lot

Thank you.... Yes All the above mentioned

My mom is 91 and showing signs of this. She also shakes terribly

Thank you, this video was really very helpful! As my husband has a few of these symptoms.

Yes. My mom really walks very slow& kind of crioked

the sound is not terrible

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Joe Biden

It's not very helpful to think in terms of making the person you care for happy. Much better to think about whether you're doing the right thing.

I'm on the tail end of this now as successor trustee and was so thankful my mom set up a living trust and placed her assets in it. Mom's attorney was a life saver in that she had mom resign as trustee, since I had no idea what that meant. I'm thankful mom didn't make my brothers co-trustees. It's been hard enough to keep to the terms of the trust as they requested money from mom's accounts. My only wish is that she would have brought me on-board sooner. It took a scam for her to relinquish control and it was trial by fire for me for a few years. It takes a long time to get things in order. Hours and hours with selling the house, financial organizations, social security, Medicare, and so on. Good luck and best wishes for those who take it on with a loved one with dementia. In our case, the dementia progressed rapidly and mom was very good at hiding it. I thought I'd come back and add this. When we met with mom's elder attorney, she told me that mom was different from most of her clients in that she would make regular appointments just to check in. I don't know the timing, but probably once a year unless there was something special. This is how the attorney could act so quickly to have mom resign the trust as I had flown in for the weekend. She'd seen it coming. There was a personal relationship.

Avoid loneliness in old age? How?? Society is geared to the neglect of older persons. And/or the abuse of us. I'm 72. I know. Ask my family.

Senior, wow thanks, I'm glad I have no walking problems..😊👍

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The biden shuffle😂😂

Bless you both. I am so happy for you

I'm good with this topic. thank you Ms. Austin and Natali

I was shocked!

Here's the other aspect of continuing to try to do certain things. The people at places they frequented before they became unwell aren't going to treat them the same and they won't necessarily be kind or understand. They might make remarks pretending it's a joke or observation but it's hurtful and at the expense of the lived one The loved one could be doing well for the situation they're in but people may be negative about new debility or handicaps and the lived one often is sensitive and nervous after being away from someplace which all compound to make s situation you might hope us positive into one that's a terrible experience instead . It's then tough to recover from. They're affected and not necessarily emotionally resilient or logical. You can't go back things are never the same I've learned that for everyone but especially for the vulnerable we're trying to keep safe. Thanks for the work you do🎉

Can you say Joe Biden?

That’s a great idea, but unfortunately my husband, who has Frontotemporal dementia is unable to process what he is told. He will merely repeat whatever I say. Also he is bed bound due to a physical disability, so his ‘activity’ is severely limited. Thank you for all that you are doing to help carers. - Dawn 🌅🧡

My husband won’t have anybody come to either sit with him or check on him.

Oh now I understand. When in the same area my husband follows me with his eyes. When out he follows me, he does not walk beside me now always at my shoulder.

That’s called the Biden