Taking Care of Parents

[cool_chick]

[John Galt]

well the one person ive had any connection with that had it, i could play checkers with her, and she couldn't remember much at all. i didn't say it was "rosy", nor did i paint that picture. don't say i said things i didn't say. in fact i said, don't jump to the worst conclusion (alzihermers) but still check him out. i was making more a point of confusion being from loss of memory than inability to understand the words in front of their face. what he was describing was acute befuddlement and not persistent memory loss

[lil bit]

[cool_chick]

You shouldn't wait until someone doesn't remember an event whatsoever. That's too late, too far into the disease.

[The Dharma Bum]

[cool_chick]

As mentioned, there are other conditions besides alzheimer's. It's hard to diagnose alzheimer's specifically.

And he says moments, not singular. Confusion..that's not normal aging. Look at Betty White for example. Plus, his dad can't be all that old....

I don't think it's alzheimer's, but I think something is concerning here.

[Hyperion]