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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:48 AM Original message |
Patients with dementia survive for four years, study finds |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
1. I deal with patients with dementia quite often |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Thank you. It is very sad. |
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LeftCoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Many people forget how hard it is on the care-givers |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. It's my dad I'm really worried about. |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. Certainly not to demean the subject but looks like Reagan beat the odds quite a bit. |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I think he had Alzheimer's, which is a different type from |
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Didereaux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I stand corrected, thank you |
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Thirtieschild (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
8. We had two neighbors, one with dementia and the other with Alzheimer's |
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williesgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
9. Wow, how sad and correct. That's how long my Mom lived after diagnosis of dementia. rec'd |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. My condolences for your loss. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
11. Wow. No wonder Free Republic registration is dwindling. nt |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Not funny. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Sorry. I had just been on a message board with alot |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. No problem. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Swing and a miss. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 12:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. My dad's dementia started about 1994 and he passed in 2004. |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I hope my mom hangs in there. I want to at least |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Is home health care or respite care an option? |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I'm going to do it myself since I'm a nurse. We just have to sell our house. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. My mom said the hardest part of my dad's failing was the loss |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:29 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Thank you sweetie. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:08 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. My grandmother also lived for ten years after her Dx. n/t |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. My mother lived another ten years |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. That's good to hear! |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
22. One more thing. Are you absolutely certain about the dx? |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-12-08 01:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. She's had an a couple of MRI's and they show vascular |
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