Answering Common Dementia Questions w/ Tam Cummings, PhD July 7

[@veronicaweaver4523]

I have listened to SO MANY videos about this subject, and this is the most informative one that I have listened to yet. Thank you so much for this! I am going back at least once more in case I missed something. After a forty-nine year marriage, my SIL was left in our care a couple of months ago. Doctor advised my husband she is moderate to severe at this time. It definitely is a new experience for us. Especially since we had no contact with her for years prior

[@forozghaffar3358]

You are extremely helpful & excellent Dr Cummings god bless you thank you 💕🙏🏼

[@bluefluke7585]

Losing my keys isn't a problem. Not knowing what the keys are used for is troubling.

[@Lisa-xf5uf]

Ty❤

[@marionjohnson2375]

I was comforted by your video on stages of grief. Hubby has been in care for 27 months. Does he experience grief? He cries that he misses me. He’s 87. I have anxiety attacks, and problems with digestion since his diagnosis 6 years before going into care.

[@dianegriffiths8974]

I'm sorry for you having to deal with this! I watched my dad die with this. It was a long horrible death. He was put in a nut house. They didn't have the understanding about altzheimers or dementia then. His head actually shrunk in size. Makes me cry to think of what he went through

[@marionjohnson2375]

@@dianegriffiths8974 oh dear. That’s such a hard concept to understand and recall. I must admit that my husband no longer knows who I am, so that means his feelings of missing me are reduced. I am not a geriatrician but I’m sure in his later years your dear dad was in a different place that we cannot comprehend. I have a small chihuahua assistance dog, which visited my husband several times a week and they had a loverly time together, but now he has forgotten her. Strangely she no longer greets him. So I think he has changed more than I realise. I’m glad you wrote.

[@sunahamanagai9039]

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[@kscott484]

I just found Dr. Tam online. How can I get information on these virtual calls? Are these open to the public? Thanks in advance.

[@WellMedCharitableFoundation]

Hello! Yes, the Caregiver Teleconnection sessions are open to the public. We invite you to visit our site caregiverteleconnection.org to register for an upcoming session and join live.

[@dawneubanks9302]

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[@user-eu3ob1xe9n]

Want a registering tool

[@WellMedCharitableFoundation]

Please reach out to the Caregiver SOS program at [e-mail] and we would be glad to send you the staging tool

[@sunahamanagai9039]

How do you determine someone has mixed dementia?

[@marionjohnson2375]

I don’t know how that is determined. I was told my husband had gone from vascular dementia to mixed dementia, then mixed dementia incl Alzhimers. I do know with vascular dementia he had long stretches with no change, then a sudden step down in capacity. Later the decline was noticeable more frequently.

[@WellMedCharitableFoundation]

I'm sorry for the slow reply. Dr. Cummings doesn't monitor this channel. If you would like to reach out directly to her, you may email her at [e-mail]. If you would like to speak to a Caregiver Specialist at the Caregiver SOS program you may reach out to [e-mail] or 1-866-390-6401. We would also recommend you speak to your provider and possibly a neurologist so that they can determine the type(s) of dementia that are present.

[@tracysmith245]

im glad we got the power of attorney before this was found out sold her house already my kids are old enough to live on there own for a while now is the money side that has made me ill that and not being able to absorb vitamin d most of my life take care of yourself first if possible thanks for the good explanation i work with it but feels more real now been getting to me for 3 years the endless phone calls they have together phoning him up every day at home and work