My grandmother was diagnosed late. She was in stage three when it was caught and within weeks she slipped into stage 5.
The only advice I can offer is to be there for him. This will be even scarier for him. If you and your family is overwhelmed by this, feel free to join a support group. There are others out there going through the same. Also, don't be afraid to get professional help. There are skilled nurses and sitters who specialize in working Alzheimer's patients and thier families. Keep him active. I read somewhere that keeping his mind and body active and engaged will help him fight the effects. Since he was a programmer, pick his brain about the old school way of programming. Keep him active in his hobbies. DON'T let him just sit around doing nothing. That is a quick way to his decline. His communnity my have an adult "day care" for Alzheimer's patients. There will be others there like him in various stages. Don't be afraid to get him to go to one. We ended up placing my grandmother in an Alzheimer's home because she needed 24 hour support. She became very paranoid and was on the verge of hurting herself more than a few times times before we realized what was going on. Let the children spend time with him. Let them ask the questions of him. If they make him remember his life, it will keep him more engaged and active. Also, don't be afraid of letting them see him decline. My neices visited my grandmother in the home as she declined. One was very young at the time, but she helped out by asking the tough questions like what her great grandfather was like. The nursing staff said my grandmother was always much calmer and more coherant when my neices left. This is tough for you and your family, especially with the move, etc. But, speaking for myself at least, we are here to help if we can. >My father was diagnosed with Althzheimer's about a month ago, with the move, >I'm only beginning to deal with this. > >What the fuck do I do. He is (was?) a brilliant man, one of the original >computer programmers within the Federal Government. > > > >We caught it very early, and he's responding well to Aricept, but I don't >know if I can handle the slope he's gonna slide down.. > > > >Is it warped of me to wish that he passes away before it get's too far >along. I don't want the grandkids to see him in the disease's worst states. > > > >I'm at a loss.. > > > >sas > > > >-- > >Scott Stewart > >ColdFusion Developer > > > >SSTWebworks > >4405 Oakshyre Way > >Raleigh, NC. 27616 > >(703) 220-2835 > > > >http://www.sstwebworks.com > > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/sstwebworks> >http://www.linkedin.com/in/sstwebworks ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240098 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
