LPT if a friend or a family member gets diagnosed with dementia or alzheimer, in the early stages try to find out what their favorite songs of all time are. In this way you would be able to create a playlist for them that could be of great benefit in the later stages of the disease. Music helps dementia patient recall memories and emotions. Especially when specific songs are connected to previous parts of their lives. submitted by /u/Beckyeffect

LPT : If you’re taking care of your older parent and they have Alzheimer’s, ask them to talk about (the childhood version) of you LPT : One of the things that hurt the most about my grandma, was when she stopped recognizing me. But, one of the things that helped me (and her) was asking her: tell me about your granddaugther. Sometimes she’d get worried about where “she” (her little granddaugther) was but I’d say at school. Then she’d say the sweetest things about me. It was…

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Mom diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. What next? Mom was diagnosed last week. Sucks. Here’s what I’m wondering. She’s always been in charge of the money, though they have very little. They own a home outright that’s likely worth $400k. They probably have $100k in the bank and she gets about $3k per month from her pension. Dad is lovely but incapable of handling all of the business end. They’re…

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