So sorry to hear of your mother Scott.
Since there are no medical cures for Alzheimers Disease (AD) medicine has been ramping up its quest to identify leading risk factors. Medical researchers don't subscribe to the general public's theme of AD being "inevitable."

I've shared with all our children who are raising our grandkids that sugar, more and more, is being investigated as a major risk factor for AD.
Here's one such study (there are more of these coming out since 2020);
https://tahomaclinic.com/Private/Ar...imers%20disease%20in%20older%20women.pdf

Here's the summary of that research;
Conclusions: Our study indicates that excessive total sugar intake was significantly associated with AD risk in women. Of six subtypes of sugar intake, lactose had a stronger impact on AD risk.

Nursing home and Assisted Living homes I support in a chaplaincy role are even now making changes to their dietary schedules. Case in point: How many times do seniors gather to play cards or whatever and what do they do? Bring dessert. It's everywhere today and it didn't use to be everywhere.
And now Medicine has identified that these foods are damaging to already damaged brain neurons, so high carb and dessert socials are on the way out in the places I'm at.

We are what we eat and while cardiovascular processes take about 40 years to end poorly for us.... EO (early onset) Dementia and AD is now showing up even in people in their 30's and 40's meaning genetics isn't the total picture.

Blessings!
Mark

AD is what my mom died from. We were able to keep her home until the last 2 weeks. I’ve already told my family not to do that for me. We would take her out and she would introduce me to people as her husband. That got some crazy looks. Love you mom. RIP. It looks like your mom was a strong woman.

My mom is 95 and living in assisted living. She doesn't have dementia or AD but her memory -particularly short term- is going fast, or is gone.
She still remembers me and many others, but when I call her later this morning to wish her a happy new year, she will have forgotten by the end of the day that I called her.

One blessing though; between about the ages of 85 and 93 she was becoming more and more cranky and bitter, however, all that has changed in the past two years. For some reason she is becoming sweeter and sweeter by the month.

Went through the same thing with my Ma, I lived a few miles from Fifield WI for 15 years, small world

My grandma had it and it was really hard to watch. She didn't recognize her husband of 68 years , nearly broke his heart. She would get out of the house at night, said she was going home. Even had half the town looking for her once.

I think its harder on the family and loved ones than the individual. Like stated, we have a hard time because we are trying to pull them back to the present. For them, they are probably reliving their glory days, probably not a terrible thing given the current world.

But, I would never wish it on anyone and I hope you can find peace and strength to go thru this battle 330.

330-Trapper,
I walked through this with my mentor. I can't say that I know what you are going through, but I can say that I pray for you and your family.
Jim

Cherish each moment with your mom.

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