Star Anna it’s very early stage. It doesn’t happen overnight. At some point she will probably know somethings not right, but will not know what is wrong. I’m a caregiver .
I have so much respect for this couple! Awesome advice! Thank you for sharing! I’m so sorry for your trial. In the midst of such a difficult time you shared some light and love! Very precious! ❤️
She does not have any serious mental impairment, especially for an old person. It's evil to label imperfect people as being disabled like that, I suspect expensive medications and followups may be involved here somehow...
It is a terrible handicap..you cannot fathom what it is until you land right in the middle of it..from seven years ago to now my husband is another human being..the human is gone the being is still there..God bless everyone who are on this road
Thank you for sharing all your tips! Please write a book!!! My father has dementia and is 92! My 87 year old mother takes care of him. It’s getting difficult. I am the eldest, closest daughter and help when I can. God bless you both. I will share your tips with my mom. ❤️
I just lost my husband to altimeter's .He passed new year's day. It was so hard to see my husband and he not know me. I cried every day. But I kept him home till he passed.
Tears to the eyes at the end. My mum told me how much she loved me , after 10 years of dementia. Maybe " the soul doesn't get Altzheimers" really is true. Even if someone is silent and seems completely locked in.
Considering that it's three years after the diagnosis she is doing incredibly well! My husband was diagnosed only 6 months ago and he is regressing noticeably. I wonder what her condition is like now?
@@carollangenback4526 His condition is deteriorating steadily. At this point he is no longer able to drive or figure out his meals even if I have cooked food in the fridge. He has trouble with his speech, he forgets words, uses wrong words, and often cannot complete a sentence. He still knows who he is but doesn't understand where he lives or what year, month, day, or even season it is. He constantly looses his things and misplaces things around the house especially when he tries to wash the dishes. He is not interested in talking to any of our friends any more. He is quite happy is his own world though as long as you don't take him out of it. Every little changes causes him a lot of stress.
@@svetlanathomas2341 Thank you for your reply. I'm shocked at how fast this disease is affecting my husband. I know each case is different, I just wonder how it progresses in other people.
I'm sorry this happened to you. One of my aunts is living with us. She has Dementia, but always had issues with Math. Dementia didn't cause that. I've also had issues with Math myself.
Yes. I agree and think your observation is an understatement. In my opinion it’s very rare for anyone to allow a person with any kind of disability to speak entirely for themselves, let alone be such an egalitarian teammate!
Thank you so much for sharing your journey. Your tips were very helpful to me. I know you probably hear countless suggestions. I have had brain mapping and am having neurofeedback sessions. I would encourage your husband to research this for you. God bless you!
They just put my mother-in-law in a home and this answered a lot of the questions we had before they put her there. I’m going to show this to my husband because this is truly amazing how you worked the apps to tell you what to do, it’s like the apps are in place of your thinking brain. I’ll bet you one day that will be the future!
This video is outstanding. It shows several different ways that Laurie has developed plans to help her with problematic issues, including using some basic sign language signs.
This is very uplifting they are working together figuring things that can help her at the moment do what you can do not what you have to do ...All the best to this women and her husband.
I have been diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Disorder.. most people don’t realize anything is different .. but the main issue is my short term memory. I can’t remember if I fed the dog 10 minutes ago, or if I brushed my teeth, or what time I need to take my girls to a class.. etc.... but there are other things I don’t remember that are more long away
Amazing self awareness. My MIL had it and there was no self awareness. I'm not sure if it's a gift or the opposite but at least at this stage, to know what is happening seems a help at least to caretakers. Also despite being sad, the loss can be "shared" so to speak which may make it easier to accept for all.
Shouldn't laugh! seriously, for someone who can't communicate her husband let her do all the talking, cooking, organising...etc. Huh? what's up with that?
I hate this disease my mom had this it robs the patient and the family you loose them x2 first the disease then death.my prayers go to all families who are going through this and others who's love ones going through devastating diseases ALS,MS. My mom also had ms.
God bless this couple, truly sad that they are going through a terrible disease, but are finding ways to communicate when things get really difficult, like sign language, and putting her clothes in groups. Pary that they find a cure for disease soon.
Must be horrible to lose control of your mind, because that is what dementia is. The thinking process has gone. Just blank instead of thought. A horrible demise. I’m hoping that my body wears out before my mind and so far, so good. My body is crumbling but not my mind. My sympathy and love ❤️ goes out to those who develop dementia and their carers. Let’s hope that a cure will soon be found. Dementia must be the cruelest disease of all.😭😭😭
Sadly, it won't be long before this lady no longer recognizes what the tags on the sheets are for or even how to make a bed. She will lose the purpose of sign language just as she has lost the ability to do math. When the alarm goes off on her phone telling her it is time to make dinner, she won't know what "make dinner" means. She seems a lovely lady and I am so sad for her and her family.
I am confused at her diagnosis. she does well, at the point she is now. I understand there are many differences. My mother is totally helpless, and that has been a many year progression, with steps down. That is she is one way for a while, then a new low. She is 99, but her diagnosis was at 90. Her father, sister and aunt were all diagnosed, so it is a family condition.
I have it, im sharp most days, its getting worse. I get mad over simple things, this morning could not reassemble the cofee macshine. Wife took it apart yesterday to wash it, i took it real bad. Then i get attitude the rest of the day because i asked her to put it back together ! Its hard, i was an electro mechanical technician, have designed many things, worked on radar, worked for corporations. No help, not the simplest understanding, v.a. could care less. A lot of the comments here show this lack of understandin
This lady is in total control. She verbally seems totally fine. I was worried more about her husband as he seems completely vacant. Obviously he is a real introvert. He will need to start wearing the pants
I honestly think people do too much running to docs for diagostics and etc. Just live, people. Don't get hung up on "what's wrong with me?" IMO We can all use helps and patience. The spoken word is powerful and can bind and loose. Just saying.
Unfortunately there are no actual tests we can do for dementia or Alzheimer's. We can ask questions and rule out any physical issues but it's really a guessing game. 99% of the time we are correct but sad to say someone slips through the cracks. People need to understand that Drs try their best and we don't know it all. I wish there were a cure for this and cancer.
0:37 It should be determined a handicap...Unfortunately, due to all the public ignorance out there, when you tell most people that someone is mentally handicap, they usually come back with the reply, "Oh, so what you are tellin' me is, he's (or she's) some kinda nut or a hypochondriac.....I'm gonna go have a beer". Before the medical community ever recognized that early onset dementia exists (like back in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s) I wonder how many doctors labeled those who had it as being hypochondriacs?...I believe Dr. Bruton in Newport News, Virginia during the 1970s was one of them. It seems that public opinion of "handicap" only involves the wheelchair, walker, missing limb, oxygen cart, being born retarded or a blind man's cane.
I've never heard of early-onset dementia 'till recently...I guess it wasn't recognized by the medical community until a few years ago, leaving doctors saying, "We don't know what's wrong with him (or her)...We just don't know". Of course I myself will never call it early-onset dementia...I will always refer to it as "accusations disease". Why a.d., you may ask. I call it that because when a 70 year old person does things like; put the car keys and cell phone in the refrigerator, or forget where they parked the car, or put motor oil in the gas tank of a lawn mower, everyone accepts that as understandable because of how old the person is. Everyone accepts the fact that an elderly person is prone to doing those kind of things, and old age gets the blame for it, where as the blame is not placed on the shoulders of the person himself (or herself). And as far as messing up at work all the time, an elderly person is usually retired and does not work, thus job performance is never an issue. However, because of the way the mainstream population thinks (or due to the ignorance of the mainstream population), when someone who is in their 40s does those things, along with making mistakes one after another at work, everyone accuses the affected person of just about everything under the sun...And someone that young is still holding down jobs and working, thus job performance IS a relevant issue. Fellow co-workers will say of someone affected with e.o.d., "I just KNOOOW he's gotta be on some kinda illegal drugs. The company needs to do a drug test so they can fire his ass". Another co-worker might say, "Naw. He's screwing up on the job site on-porpoisely (a cherub riding porpoise back) to get attention. He keeps THAT up, he's gonna get the kinda attention he didn't expect or want". Another one might say, Aw, Hell. He's just plain dumb as a box of rocks...He's gonna get someone killed on a job site one of these days". I've seen it before with a pipe laying company I use to work for. We had a guy who was younger than 40 who seemed like he had difficulty staying focused on the job. And I heard a crew leader once say about that guy, "Anyone who's as stupid as he is has GOT to be on drugs". Some workers on our crew called him, "The most dangerous thing the company has". So that's why I will always call such a wicked disease as that "accusations disease", because someone who is still young with those symptoms gets all kinds of accusations launched their way by others of some really crazy stuff. Thus, I believe I've coined the first nick name for that condition..."accusations disease".
Amazingly sharp for having dementia! I thought it was the husband that had the dementia! :-O
I thought the same thing too.
Me to ,but now I think he’s afraid 🥺
Star Anna it’s very early stage. It doesn’t happen overnight. At some point she will probably know somethings not right, but will not know what is wrong. I’m a caregiver .
I thought so to
Yeah... I'm with you on that...
THIS WOMAN IS VERY INTELLIGENT SHE MUST KEEP GOING ON GIVING TIPS BECAUSE THEY ARE SMART AND HELPFUL.THANKS A LOT
She's quite smart! That bedsheet label idea would be great for me, I always seem to get the sheets going on the wrong way :P
I have so much respect for this couple! Awesome advice! Thank you for sharing! I’m so sorry for your trial. In the midst of such a difficult time you shared some light and love! Very precious! ❤️
THESE ARE SOME GOOD IDEAS FOR REMEMBERING HOW TO DO. You taught me something . THANKS FOR SHARING
Have never seen such great coping skills. Incredible people
Very inspiring. My heart is with you on this walk. May the Lord bless and comfort you.
Thank you for documenting your life experience. Your husband is very supportive.
Your children must be very proud. God bless u.
This lady is very sharp and intelligent for having Az/ Dementia! Makes me wonder if her diagnosis is accurate!
Those we're her very beginning stages go see her now ...
@@DS-cr6md Where are current videos of her stages now?
She does not have any serious mental impairment, especially for an old person. It's evil to label imperfect people as being disabled like that, I suspect expensive medications and followups may be involved here somehow...
It is a terrible handicap..you cannot fathom what it is until you land right in the middle of it..from seven years ago to now my husband is another human being..the human is gone the being is still there..God bless everyone who are on this road
Brilliant and highly organized woman.
You sound good, hang in there. Congratulations on your solutions
God bless you're a inspiration a very strong and courageous lady
Thank you for sharing all your tips! Please write a book!!! My father has dementia and is 92! My 87 year old mother takes care of him. It’s getting difficult. I am the eldest, closest daughter and help when I can. God bless you both. I will share your tips with my mom. ❤️
I just lost my husband to altimeter's .He passed new year's day. It was so hard to see my husband and he not know me. I cried every day. But I kept him home till he passed.
Tammy, I hope you are well. I am sorry for your loss.
Tears to the eyes at the end. My mum told me how much she loved me , after 10 years of dementia. Maybe " the soul doesn't get Altzheimers" really is true. Even if someone is silent and seems completely locked in.
Considering that it's three years after the diagnosis she is doing incredibly well! My husband was diagnosed only 6 months ago and he is regressing noticeably. I wonder what her condition is like now?
My husband was diagnosed 9 months ago. Can you tell me how your husband is doing? Mine is much worse.
@@carollangenback4526 His condition is deteriorating steadily. At this point he is no longer able to drive or figure out his meals even if I have cooked food in the fridge. He has trouble with his speech, he forgets words, uses wrong words, and often cannot complete a sentence. He still knows who he is but doesn't understand where he lives or what year, month, day, or even season it is. He constantly looses his things and misplaces things around the house especially when he tries to wash the dishes. He is not interested in talking to any of our friends any more. He is quite happy is his own world though as long as you don't take him out of it. Every little changes causes him a lot of stress.
@@svetlanathomas2341 Thank you for your reply. I'm shocked at how fast this disease is affecting my husband. I know each case is different, I just wonder how it progresses in other people.
@@carollangenback4526 I so wonder what can cause one person to decline gradually yet another rapidly.
What an amazing couple, they are doing everything within their power to make life easier, you can see the love they have for each other xx
I just wanted to see how this dear lady is doing now.
This is very helpful! Thank you Laurie
why was the husband even in the video? i skipped the beginning and thought he was the one with dementia cuz he did not talk... not even once.
Your method of dealing with this is awesome. I wish you both the best.
Both heartbreaking and wonderful all at once.
I'm sorry this happened to you. One of my aunts is living with us. She has Dementia, but always had issues with Math. Dementia didn't cause that. I've also had issues with Math myself.
Great ideas on how to handle some of the difficulties experienced with dementia. Thank you for sharing!
I hope she's well, and hope for the cure to be available soon.
Gosh what great ideas! Thank you so much!
That was so tender and informative too. GBU both. In my prayers.
Laurie's husband has got being quietly supportive down to a fine art.
Lol
Hahaha
Yes. I agree and think your observation is an understatement. In my opinion it’s very rare for anyone to allow a person with any kind of disability to speak entirely for themselves, let alone be such an egalitarian teammate!
You're such a brave sweet lady. I'm so sorry you have to battle this. All prayers for you and your husband.
Thank you so much for this.
Thank you so much for sharing your journey. Your tips were very helpful to me.
I know you probably hear countless suggestions. I have had brain mapping and am having neurofeedback sessions. I would encourage your husband to research this for you.
God bless you!
You are a brave and humble lady Thank you.
Thanks for sharing. you are a blessing.
Thank you, thank you, God bless you..I wish my husband was this open.
They just put my mother-in-law in a home and this answered a lot of the questions we had before they put her there.
I’m going to show this to my husband because this is truly amazing how you worked the apps to tell you what to do, it’s like the apps are in place of your thinking brain. I’ll bet you one day that will be the future!
This video is outstanding. It shows several different ways that Laurie has developed plans to help her with problematic issues, including using some basic sign language signs.
My hub has FTD. Cannot verbally communicate. Cannot drive. Resists hygiene. Incontinent etc. FTD is like living with a stranger.
This is very uplifting they are working together figuring things that can help her at the moment do what you can do not what you have to do ...All the best to this women and her husband.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Excellent solutions.
I have been diagnosed with Mild Cognitive Disorder.. most people don’t realize anything is different .. but the main issue is my short term memory. I can’t remember if I fed the dog 10 minutes ago, or if I brushed my teeth, or what time I need to take my girls to a class.. etc.... but there are other things I don’t remember that are more long away
Beautiful couple. Great ideas for m as I iij ng life easier for her. The sheet idea iui s brilliant. Good luck to you both
Don't mind but the man looks kinda lost as if he's just not there... On the other hand the lady is quite sharp and aware...
She is quite an impressive woman with this illness. She almost seems too aware and alert to let it overtake her.
Awesome thinking 💛💚💙
That suitcase idea is good for anyone. Godspeed you two!
What a very lovely, caring lady. I love the idea of the clothes being ready on hangers
Amazing self awareness. My MIL had it and there was no self awareness. I'm not sure if it's a gift or the opposite but at least at this stage, to know what is happening seems a help at least to caretakers. Also despite being sad, the loss can be "shared" so to speak which may make it easier to accept for all.
Absolutely wonderful! Beautiful couple!
All I can say is I love you guys you have surmounted you're problems I wish you good times together
Silent Roy...
Shouldn't laugh! seriously, for someone who can't communicate her husband let her do all the talking, cooking, organising...etc. Huh? what's up with that?
🙏🙏🙏🙏💜💜🙏🙏💜💜🙏🙏stay strong together 💜
I hate this disease my mom had this it robs the patient and the family you loose them x2 first the disease then death.my prayers go to all families who are going through this and others who's love ones going through devastating diseases ALS,MS. My mom also had ms.
She has a Facebook page, dementia daze, with current posts in 2020
Wonder how she is doing now. Bless them both.
Thanks for sharing
God bless this couple, truly sad that they are going through a terrible disease, but are finding ways to communicate when things get really difficult, like sign language, and putting her clothes in groups. Pary that they find a cure for disease soon.
Sad cuz .... She's gonna forget what a computer and sheet actually is.
Yes, this must be the early stages of her illness.
You can figure out more than I can. Maybe I should be tested
I am so sad for these people that I have tears running down my face right now. This disease is so devastating and cruel.
God bless you both.🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️
What a lovely couple,I’m so sorry you have to go through this horrible thing
Must be horrible to lose control of your mind, because that is what dementia is. The thinking process has gone. Just blank instead of thought. A horrible demise. I’m hoping that my body wears out before my mind and so far, so good. My body is crumbling but not my mind. My sympathy and love ❤️ goes out to those who develop dementia and their carers. Let’s hope that a cure will soon be found. Dementia must be the cruelest disease of all.😭😭😭
Everyone's battle with dementia is different..Laurie is a well educated and positive woman..!
BLess her heart. She is intelligent and able to organize her life. I wonder if this would work for everyone
What a loving man! Wish I had a comrade in my husband like him. Thank God when you have a kind, faithful hubby.
Amen
She is amazing!
Which one has the dementia?
Exactly
Sadly, it won't be long before this lady no longer recognizes what the tags on the sheets are for or even how to make a bed. She will lose the purpose of sign language just as she has lost the ability to do math. When the alarm goes off on her phone telling her it is time to make dinner, she won't know what "make dinner" means. She seems a lovely lady and I am so sad for her and her family.
She is incredible
Amen
He is and awesome husband. I admire u.
How sweet. Bittersweet.
I am confused at her diagnosis. she does well, at the point she is now. I understand there are many differences. My mother is totally helpless, and that has been a many year progression, with steps down. That is she is one way for a while, then a new low. She is 99, but her diagnosis was at 90. Her father, sister and aunt were all diagnosed, so it is a family condition.
Some take longer than others to get to different stages
God bless you both
God bless her and family
I have it, im sharp most days, its getting worse. I get mad over simple things, this morning could not reassemble the cofee macshine. Wife took it apart yesterday to wash it, i took it real bad. Then i get attitude the rest of the day because i asked her to put it back together ! Its hard, i was an electro mechanical technician, have designed many things, worked on radar, worked for corporations. No help, not the simplest understanding, v.a. could care less. A lot of the comments here show this lack of understandin
She must be in the moderate stages if she is having trouble dressing, but she speaks so well for someone that far along in her illness.
How can God be so cruel to give someone this absolutely horrible disease?? 😡
This lady is in total control. She verbally seems totally fine. I was worried more about her husband as he seems completely vacant. Obviously he is a real introvert. He will need to start wearing the pants
❤️🙏
how is she doing today
I love her 😭
She seems very capable.
I honestly think people do too much running to docs for diagostics and etc. Just live, people. Don't get hung up on "what's wrong with me?" IMO We can all use helps and patience. The spoken word is powerful and can bind and loose. Just saying.
i pray in JESUS NAME BE HEALED
Unfortunately there are no actual tests we can do for dementia or Alzheimer's. We can ask questions and rule out any physical issues but it's really a guessing game. 99% of the time we are correct but sad to say someone slips through the cracks. People need to understand that Drs try their best and we don't know it all. I wish there were a cure for this and cancer.
Yes ok "doctor"!!
0:37 It should be determined a handicap...Unfortunately, due to all the public ignorance out there, when you tell most people that someone is mentally handicap, they usually come back with the reply, "Oh, so what you are tellin' me is, he's (or she's) some kinda nut or a hypochondriac.....I'm gonna go have a beer".
Before the medical community ever recognized that early onset dementia exists (like back in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s) I wonder how many doctors labeled those who had it as being hypochondriacs?...I believe Dr. Bruton in Newport News, Virginia during the 1970s was one of them.
It seems that public opinion of "handicap" only involves the wheelchair, walker, missing limb, oxygen cart, being born retarded or a blind man's cane.
I wonder how she's doing today
It makes me sad she even has to make the bed or fix dinner. I like her attitude though.
I've never heard of early-onset dementia 'till recently...I guess it wasn't recognized by the medical community until a few years ago, leaving doctors saying, "We don't know what's wrong with him (or her)...We just don't know".
Of course I myself will never call it early-onset dementia...I will always refer to it as "accusations disease". Why a.d., you may ask.
I call it that because when a 70 year old person does things like; put the car keys and cell phone in the refrigerator, or forget where they parked the car, or put motor oil in the gas tank of a lawn mower, everyone accepts that as understandable because of how old the person is. Everyone accepts the fact that an elderly person is prone to doing those kind of things, and old age gets the blame for it, where as the blame is not placed on the shoulders of the person himself (or herself). And as far as messing up at work all the time, an elderly person is usually retired and does not work, thus job performance is never an issue.
However, because of the way the mainstream population thinks (or due to the ignorance of the mainstream population), when someone who is in their 40s does those things, along with making mistakes one after another at work, everyone accuses the affected person of just about everything under the sun...And someone that young is still holding down jobs and working, thus job performance IS a relevant issue.
Fellow co-workers will say of someone affected with e.o.d., "I just KNOOOW he's gotta be on some kinda illegal drugs. The company needs to do a drug test so they can fire his ass".
Another co-worker might say, "Naw. He's screwing up on the job site on-porpoisely (a cherub riding porpoise back) to get attention. He keeps THAT up, he's gonna get the kinda attention he didn't expect or want".
Another one might say, Aw, Hell. He's just plain dumb as a box of rocks...He's gonna get someone killed on a job site one of these days".
I've seen it before with a pipe laying company I use to work for. We had a guy who was younger than 40 who seemed like he had difficulty staying focused on the job. And I heard a crew leader once say about that guy, "Anyone who's as stupid as he is has GOT to be on drugs".
Some workers on our crew called him, "The most dangerous thing the company has".
So that's why I will always call such a wicked disease as that "accusations disease", because someone who is still young with those symptoms gets all kinds of accusations launched their way by others of some really crazy stuff.
Thus, I believe I've coined the first nick name for that condition..."accusations disease".
all that will be thrown out the window soon