Leading the fight against dementia.
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Claire My mum has Alzheimers...some of the hardest words to say. She is now in a nursing home and is in the final stages. She has really suffered, not only with the illness, but has been let down by those people who should of cared for her. She was abused and neglected in the previous home, and was left in pain for days follo...wing a fall.... nobody picked up on the non verbal signs, she could not say she was in pain. She was subject to an investigation into her care and the social services department worked very slowly. She is now in a slightly better home, but is so distressed. The Bexley Alzheimers society were great to our family and spent so much time talking to her husband, giving reasurance and support. This organisation requires much more recognition for their good work and support.
John Mills Healthcare reform includes a new long term care insurance benefit to help people pay for care. http://bit.ly/6lGhL7
Adam Lay
Hey
People, Check out my latest Expedition to everest March 2010 and help me raise
money for Alzheimers Society By donating on my link. Thanks Again Guys.
www.justgiving.com/adam-lay
Julie Waters I lost my dad in November 2009 to cancer, he was my mums carer, my mum was diagnosed with alzheimers in the summer 2009. No one realised how bad my mum was till my dad died. My mum still lives at home and as I only live around the corner from her I have now had to take on the responsibility of making sure she is cared... for. I work full time and am finding it hard to arrange everything for her, luckily social services have been fantastic and the nurses who come round in the morning and at lunch time are great. They are only around for 6 weeks though untill my mum is assessed and then she will have to get used to new people dealing with her. This is such a cruel disease and is true what they say "the long goodbye"
Sara Cocker My mum has vascular dementia - and I live so far away. my grandmother had it too - and my mum always used to say "shoot me if I get like that" !! Such a cruel long goodbye.
Jen My Granny had it, we could do nothing but watch her health deteriorate. Horrible illness, in the end she didn't recognize our family . She was such a bright, intelligent, loving woman and for her to have this disease was just awful. :( My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who is going through this, stay strong! RIP Granny, I love you x
Louise Noble
My mum was diagnosed with Alzheimer's seven years ago and is now in a care home. A lot of the time you feel completely useless as there is nothing you can do to stop this disease from taking the person you love.
This year I am doing a fundraising trek through the rift valley in Tanzania to raise money for the Alzheimers... society you can sponsor me at www.justgivng.com/louisenoble1
I know it won't help my mum but hope the money goes towards finding a cure for this cruel disease.
Elaine
I have lost both parents to this horrendous disease and even though a few yrs have past am still haunted by some of the memorys i was left with.
There must be so many people who feel the same.
So many charitys have very high profile charity events, where is the one for Dementia!!
Maybe its about time it was brought to the... for front and make the whole world realise just how many people are affected by this.
Could we arrange a yearly run like race for life?????? How do we do this???????Lets all work together and try.
Denise I have known a couple of precious little ladies that had Alzheimer's ~ it is one of the most horrendous diseases. ~ As terrible and painful as cancer is, and I'm a cancer survivor, Alzheimer's is worse. To watch a highly intelligent, witty, accomplished soul be reduced to babbling, diapers, and helplessness is one o...f the most cruel heartbreaks to endure. If the Lord tarries, may He help those in research, find a cure.
Alice Joyce Phillips my auntie has vascular dementia and I love her, she is a real fighter and is managing to live on her own in her house. Losing your memory is very hard, not being able to control your urine, not cutting your toe or fingernails. Not being able to talk to your friends on the phone. It's hard but she's keeping going and I ...am doing my best to keep her where she wants to be. So are her neighbours, care workers, the people who work in the day centre, her local laundrette who do service washes for her, her local gardener, the lady who made her new curtains, and the builders who worked round her to make her house much warmer and better for her to live in. It's a success story even if my aunt's quality of life isn't as good as I'd like. The Alzheimer's Society helped me understand how vascular dementia affects people and helped me be more patient and understanding. I've got a lot from helping my aunt and I don't want her to have residential care which she says she doesn't want
Jayne Cheetham So many, so sad, God bless you all x
Emma Hi, I took part in the Great Yorkshire run, in which I ran for The Alzheimer’s Society. I have a place in the Addias HM in March and I would love to run (in my term jog) for you guys again, could you please advise how I go about getting a fund rising pack? My heart goes out to anyone who is or has suffered the heartbre...aking affect of Alzheimer’s. Forgettable, but NEVER Forgotten xx
Alee
My Nanna had Alz for over 12 years. She passed away peacefully on the 10th January this year.
I am only 21 so her illness has affected a huge part of my life. I didn’t get to see her as much as I would like to have in the last couple of years as I moved away to university. Towards the end I could hardly bring myself to ...visit her as seeing her upset me so much. Sometimes when I saw her, she would grip my hand and stare at me for a while, then give me a big smile. I like to think that this was her way of showing me she remembered me. She was such an amazing person and I am so proud to be able to call her my Nanna.
We Will Live Life Through with A Song in Our Hearts for You xxx
My heart goes out to everybody who has been affected by Alzheimer’s. I know how hard and upsetting it can be to care for somebody with the disease.
Richard Kiddle I lost my mum to Alzhemiers many years ago when we knew even less about it than we do today. She was just 57 years old and we had a horrible 3 1/2 years from when she was diagnosed until she died. She changed beyond belief over that time and ended up not being the mum we knew and loved which made it very hard towards t...he end but as they say 'love conquers all' and we came out of it stronger. We still miss her and think about her but we always remember the good times we had before she was ill and some of the more amusing times in the early days of the disease (teabags in the kettle!) which more than offsets the bad/sad times towards the end.
