Concerned About Alcohol-Related Dementia?
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
- Are you concerned about alcohol-related dementia and its potential for cognitive recovery? This video dives deep into the world of Alcohol-Related Dementia, providing crucial insights into its symptoms, causes, and care strategies. We discuss the key differences between alcohol-related dementia and Alzheimer's disease, and whether it's possible to reverse cognitive decline with appropriate interventions.
Learn about the significant risk factors, the typical age of onset, and how confabulation plays a role in this condition. We also cover the critical steps for supporting someone with alcohol-related dementia, including the importance of professional medical guidance during recovery.
Whether you are a caregiver looking for advice or just curious about the effects of alcohol on cognitive functions, this video is a must-watch. It's packed with valuable information that will empower you to better understand and manage the challenges of alcohol-related dementia.
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OMW, I had to take early retirement at age 58 and then started drinking out of sheer boredom. A few years later my family asked me to go to rehab, which I did for three days and then stopped cold turkey! That was eleven years ago and since then I have never stumbled!
A further seven years passed and we got a confirmed diagnosis that my Loved One Has Dementia and to make matters worse, Parkinsons-Plus as well! 😢
We now have the following challenges to deal with;-
01. Attitudes are impatien
02. Behaviour is brash😢
03. Choosing Clothes
04. Dressing is difficulz
05. Eating, needs help
06. Fidgeting with her hands
07. Gait when walking
08. Hand coordination gone
09. I am frequently called Dad
10. Jitters are more frequent
11. Knitting Skills are gone
12. Laughter doesn't exist
13. Memory, short term gone
14. Names are forgotten
15. Objectives are no more
16. Planning on a calendar
17. Questions are repetitive
18. Resting twice daily
19. Sleeps about 20 hours/day
20. Television can no longer consentrate
21. Untidy like a 5 year old
21. Value of friends has gone
22. Walking in a Mall is a no-no
23. Xandré is our contact for retirement living!
24. Young grandchildren can't relate
25. Zzzz = 20 hours a day 😢
24/7 is te time I give up for my LOWVD & Parkinsons-Plus which is like a double wammy!!!
Thank you, very helpful information
My dad is on hospice, vascular dementia and Parkinson’s. His nurse is interested in how long each day that he sleeps, and when he’s at 20+ I understand that the end will be close.
He’d like all sweets, but I keep a good supply of fruit handy instead, and protein/granola bars that pass for candy (thanks to chocolate coatings 😉). Protein drinks are “shakes”.
Dementia is basically a reversal of abilities. My mom was at the level of 30 months when she died from Alzheimer’s. She would have benefited from a “fidget book” (or blanket), available on Amazon, which has other helpful items for those with dementia.
Depends are a necessity, as well as either washable or disposable pads for keeping mattresses from stinking, as incontinence becomes an issue. Removing all underwear and replacing with colored disposable underwear is a common way to transition.
Children’s cups help avoid spills…
Simple is always best, hospice helps greatly at the end, with personal care especially.
I forgot to add that CBD gummies help with Parkinson’s greatly, plus mild agitation. (Keep safely put away to avoid overdosing, since it is like gumdrops).
I am currently a caregiver for someone with WKS and early onset Alzheimer’s. Confabulation, short term memory loss, thinking he has a job, no interest in showering, no interest or even any idea on how to make a simple meal, only wants to eat sweets and watches the weather channel all day. Etc… I am learning how to care for him as we go along. All began with alcohol abuse and malnutrition. Sad situation.
My grandmother was an alcoholic and a heavy smoker plus very toxic when she was alive. I've tried to tell her to go to rehab and I begged her to stop drinking and stop smoking too. 😢 But now she passed away and now, she didn't listen to me.
Sad but true😢
CONFABULATION is so frustrating for immediate family members at the onset of dementia, regardless of the cause. Thank you for explaining CONFABULATION. From 🇸🇬 Singapore.
Yes, confabulation can be so frustrating and confusing.
I think it is possible however, that a person is no longer drinking but their symptoms do not improve.
Thank you for posting this!
My uncle was diagnosed with this 2 years ago 😢
My Father passed away last September with this one. He was sober for 3 years. Thank you for the info.
So sorry for your loss 💖
Thank you! Your explanations and videos are so thorough and informative.
I subscribed to you years ago to help me with a friend who has dementia, that I was taking care of. However, my grandmother had dementia and I am fearful I will get it. Your videos are important to me and I will keep watching you
Sending you love.
Thank you so much for these video's. I find them so informative and easy to understand. What a blessing!
My gawd. My 67 yo husband drinks to where he is unable to even speak. He is HORRIBLE and abusive and actually maimed me three separate times. He broke my hands in a chair lift. He slammed brakes on his chair over a large threshold. And yesterday while I went o hug, he snapped both my rib cages straights arms with elbows into my ribs. I can barely get up.
But he can get up, forget everything and go to be a charming bartender at Whole Foods.
You need to get yourself to a good therapist and/or support group at least to start learning your worth and ways to take better care of you and set healthy boundaries for your own well being. No one deserves that kind of abuse, Dear.
Why are you still with him and taking his abuse. Kick him out and walk away.
Dr. Natali, Thank you for this informative video!
Glad it was helpful!
Natalie, Thank you for this video. It was quite informative! …. Please do not sit in front of the written matter on the board. (It’s hard to see what you have written.) ❤
Appreciate the link to TH Chan's article on the Harvard School Of Public Health site. I've recently taken to a Coenzyme Q-10 regimen and notice (at least subjectively) immediate cognitive/physical benefits. Am kinda' going about it blindly, though. Just a pill here, a gel-tab there when I happen to get the chance to shop. I know little regarding what it actually does or what its food sources might be. Looks like Mediterranean DASH (MIND) diet may already be rich in this substance. Have there been major studies directly linking Co Q with dementia prevention?
Super video. Thank you. Here's my question - What does the careblazer do when the loved one with dementia does not want anyone to know? They even may make their person swear not to tell anyone. I know of two caregivers who have this issue. Their husbands have been diagnosed but want their wives to keep the secret. Thank you for all that you do. You are such a blessings to many.
We mix my dads whiskey with spiritless and limit them and its made a huge difference
Thank you so much Natalie
Thanks for covering this topic. I had read about it. My husband is getting worst drinking alcohol constantly. He claims his back hurts and he can’t sleep when he runs out of vodka. Currently he is obsessing over pornography. This behavior is so difficult to deal with. He lies to his primary care doctor says he only drinks occasionally. Blood test and other test don’t show damage from his heavy drinking. He won’t take vitamins or his prescription med for his stomach. Please keep sharing information on dementia.
You can contact his Dr privately and tell them anything you think they need to know. They can't talk to you about your husband without his permission but you can say anything to them. I have done this many times over the years.
I’m so sorry to hear this. ❤️🩹
My husband is a heavy drinker and now hardly eats he is in total denial that anything is wrong and therefore no way will he stop drinking. His memory loss is now bad and his verbal agression is horrendous I feel like a prisoner as there is no way I can get the help he needs. Its been 6 years since I furst noticed a personality change and wonder what I can expect to happen long term.
This was very helpful are you adding it to your IG account? I'd like to repost so some family members can see it less pointedly
Is there any new data linking light to moderate drinking with dementia? And in reference to your 5 Factors That Reduce Your Dementia Risk! vid you also recommend the mediterranean diet as a preventative. What did you say is the name of that diet based on it? The Mind Diet?
Yes the MIND diet. Here's a link with more info: www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-weight/diet-reviews/mind-diet/ 💖
@@DementiaCareblazers Thanks Natali,
You're a lifesaver!
Need help my husband's daughter trying to take control of him and I am spouse and have a durable power of attorney of him way before his diagnosis.
W-KD is a terrible thing, a close friend's husband died six months ago from this. He put her through HELL. He refused to see a doctor because he didn't want to be told that he should stop guzzling a bottle of whisky a day. He had been doing this for years.
As the psychosis took hold his behaviour became more bizarre and violent. What she shared about this was distressing to hear, though I doubt I got the full story.
A kind and caring soul she didn't deserve this . He was a short little man and always had a massive chip on his shoulder about that. Unfortunately she tolerated the alcoholism, being afraid, obligated in her mind to "family". I'm sure she regrets that loyalty now but says she misses him. What she misses of him was what he was BEFORE the alcoholism took hold and that was over 40years ago.
Imagine how her life might have been like if she had had the courage to have walked out at the first alcohol fuelled beating all those years ago.
Heartbreaking. ❤️🩹