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Caregiver Survival: I Hate Alzheimer's
http://alzheimmers.blogspot.com
A blog presented by a physician, and a primary cargiver to his mother who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease when Dr. Sivak was just 17 years old. The blog presents some atypical and unusual insights into the devastating disease process, from the perspective of a doctor and a family member.
- Added on: Aug 15th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Joseph J. Sivak
- Listed in: Medicine General Health
- Tags: aging caregiver memoir alzheimer's physician family member
Recent Posts
Fond Memories
One of the happiest times I remember about my mother long before she had Alzheimer's disease was a certain day of the year. It was St. Joseph's day. It occurred every year on March 19th. The Catholic Church recognizes almost every day of the year as ...
Holiday Times
The holidays mean family right? time to get together, to reminisce, build new memories. create new traditions, act on old ones. Christmas, Hanukkah, tress lights, wreaths, Best Buy, Airports, travel, winter, December. In the Western World, we someti...
ALZHEIMER\'S MEMOIRS......
Writing an Alzheimer's memoir, can be a healing as well as a gut-wrenching experience. The journey of Alzheimer's Disease is so lonely and isolating, there is a need to scream to the world, "HEY DON"T YOU GET IT?" Hence the hundreds and hundreds of ...
More psych meds
So what is the purpose of a psychiatric med in AD. Depending on the stage of Alzheimer's a person suffering with the disease may not be able to verbally communicate exactly how they feel. Their sadness, their fears, maybe even their joys our ability ...
SSRI\'s psych meds
Quite often AD patients are placed on a psychiatric medication by their doctor. One such class of meds is the SSRI’s, or selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. This is a certain class or type of antidepressants that are commonly prescribed to tre...
Unmasking AD, spouses, grief.......
Quite often Alzheimer’s slowly takes away the mind of a victim and the life of a spouse, a husband or wife, a life partner. What happens when that life partner whom does not have Alzheimer’s dies first?So often over the years as a doctor, a have ...
