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Set Up Power of Attorney, Today!

Like many people entering the "Sandwich Generation", I've heard of the term "Power of Attorney" but I never knew much about it.

There is no ‘Learning Something New’

The Inconsistency of Alzheimer’s

Like most people, I assumed Alzheimer's disease was mainly something that caused people to slowly lose their memory. It is so much more than that.

Trouble with dates

How she struggles to remember when an upcoming appointment or event is How she sometimes struggles to know the days of the week and what day today is what day tomorrow is.Issues with plans or step-by-step instructionsWhen to get a medical…

Illogical thinking

Hygiene issues

Incontinence / be wettingUnable to rinse shampoo out of hairCan’t express why she doesn’t want to wash her hair in the shower - only sink.Forgets to brush teeth

The dangers of living alone

Cooking food in plastic bags in a frying pan on the stove - twice.Eating expired foodHurting themselves but not remembering howFell in the middle of the night and hurt her knee but didn’t remember itBurned her finger really badly but didn’t…

Buying and returning, everything.

Buying things they don’t need and then losing the receipts so they can't return them. Getting stuck in a constant circle of buying clothes, not trying them on at the store, bringing them home, and then having to return them. Then, leaving…

Food shopping issues

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If you haven't taken over your elderly parent's food shopping or insisted on going with them, you may want to start.

Prepare yourself for obsessive behavior

Constantly asked what everyone’s age was.Constantly asked about, read, and re-read all notes related to her doctor appointmentsConstantly asked “when it was supposed to rain?” or “how cold is it?”.