http://www.blisstree.com/articles/how-do-we-know-when-alzheimers-patients-dont-feel-well-117/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:19:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/how-do-we-know-when-alzheimers-patients-dont-feel-well-117/comment-page-1/#comment-68405 Mary Emma Allen Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:38:30 +0000 http://www.alzheimersnotes.com/how-do-we-know-when-alzheimers-patients-dont-feel-well/#comment-68405 Thank you, Alicia, for stopping by and sharing your experience with your Nonnie. It certainly is so frustrating and gives you such a helpless feeling when you don't know what is the matter with an Alzheimer's patient who doesn't respond...or does respond in a way different from usual. Is this caused by pain or discomfort? We do our best and trust we're helping and comforting. Thank you, Alicia, for stopping by and sharing your experience with your Nonnie. It certainly is so frustrating and gives you such a helpless feeling when you don’t know what is the matter with an Alzheimer’s patient who doesn’t respond…or does respond in a way different from usual. Is this caused by pain or discomfort? We do our best and trust we’re helping and comforting.

]]> http://www.blisstree.com/articles/how-do-we-know-when-alzheimers-patients-dont-feel-well-117/comment-page-1/#comment-68395 Alicia Sparks, NAMI Affiliation Leader Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:34:44 +0000 http://www.alzheimersnotes.com/how-do-we-know-when-alzheimers-patients-dont-feel-well/#comment-68395 When my Nonnie was alive, and by the time Alzheimer's had pretty much taken over her life, it was so difficult to tell if her moaning meant she was in pain or if she was just, well, moaning. That was probably the most frustrating, hopeless, panicky feeling throughout the entire time she was here and had Alzheimer's. I can't begin to explain how the worry ate away at me, and pretty much the only solace I had was knowing that when we (the family) weren't there, she was surrounded by medically-trained folk. When my Nonnie was alive, and by the time Alzheimer’s had pretty much taken over her life, it was so difficult to tell if her moaning meant she was in pain or if she was just, well, moaning. That was probably the most frustrating, hopeless, panicky feeling throughout the entire time she was here and had Alzheimer’s. I can’t begin to explain how the worry ate away at me, and pretty much the only solace I had was knowing that when we (the family) weren’t there, she was surrounded by medically-trained folk.

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