I’ve been doing more research on Alzheimer’s Disease (mom was recently diagnosed with moderate AD), and I’m just so emotionally drained…
With my dad being her caregiver, and his own issues with pride and not understanding the disease, I now not only find myself trying to not only manage her care, but trying to educate my dad as well – and dealing with his stubbornness. Thank goodness DH works for the airline so we have flight benefits – I’d never be able to fly home as often as I do and who knows if this whole disease would have even been diagnosed before things got too out of hand.
It’s amazing how the disease just robs one of their mind…
I need to call her and have the kids talk to their grandma before she gets to the point of not remembering them…I wish they had a cam so at least the kids could see her and vice versa. I was thinking about setting one up on their computer the last time I was home, but the puter was stored away, and trying to teach dad how to use it would be another journey in itself…
Sigh….
