@kmkm Welcome! I am in the same position as you are -- except I'm caring for my spouse. Looking forward to sharing experiences and ideas with you!

Welcome @kmkm. I moved your message to this discussion thread that @IndianaScott started to help bring together people caring for a someone who has Alzheimer's. @nanax2 just joined Connect today too. She is the primary caregiver for her mom who has Alzheimer's. I'm hoping the two of you can connect here.

Kmkm - are you caring for your mom or your dad?

Thank you, Colleen. I live with my husband, college-age daughter, and my mother. Based on her symptoms (which I've read on the Alz dot org website,) I'd say my mother is probably in the late "Middle Stage" of Alzheimers.

Hello @kmkm! YES, we are out here! I was a secondary caregiver for my mother-in-law while she struggled with dementia and then my wife for 14 years while she battled brain cancer and suffered from many dementia-like effects.

While I am not a doctor, nor a trained medical professional of any kind, I am more than happy to share my experiences, successes and failures, frustrations, and happy times of caregiving.

Welcome! I send...

Peace, courage, and strength

I think I "Replied" in the wrong place. Sorry. I posted below that I live with my husband, college-age daughter, and my mother. Based on her symptoms (which I've read on the Alz dot org website,) I'd say my mother is probably in the late "Middle Stage" of Alzheimers.

Thank you, IndianaScott.

@kmkm I, too, am caring for my mom in the late middle/early late stages of Alzheimer's. She lives with us; me, my husband, our recently college graduated daughter. It sounds like we have a few things in common! Some days we cry and some days we giggle because if we don't giggle, we will cry. Even though Mom's memory is fading and she doesn't always know me (usually she thinks I am her oldest sister), she still maintains a large part of her personality which encourages my heart. My mom has been bedridden since January because her legs just gave out on her. She began to be unsettled on her feet and couldn't walk straight. It wasn't long after that when her legs just became like cement. We all hate it for her; however, the silver lining in the cloud is that she can't wander away from the house. I'd love to hear more about your journey with your Mom. I will be thinking of you and praying.

I was wondering if you know what caused your mother to stop being able to walk. DId she forget how to walk or does brain damage cause a loss of signal to her legs or ??????? Also, was wondering how one knows that dementia is actually caused by AD. Thank you

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Caused by AD? Do you mean Attention Deficeit Disorder?

@macbeth, I took it that it stands for Alzheimer's Disease.