Dementia often first noticed at holidays


	Dementia often first noticed at holidays

BobbyDelray

11-26-2007 11:35 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/bce21751-0bf9-44d6-9442-a52e8ac8feac/EF1C722E-0C46-429E-AC85-D45CA2DCB74D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2007/11/dementia-often-first-noticed-at.html" href="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2007/11/dementia-often-first-noticed-at.html" style="font-size: 11px;">alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2007/11/dementia-often-first-noticed-at.html">It was at large gatherings that the Holladay family first noticed their mother was suffering from dementia. She couldn't find the bathroom in a family member's home. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2007/11/dementia-often-first-noticed-at.html">She sat at the edges of a party, too confused to interact with the family.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2007/11/dementia-often-first-noticed-at.html">  A diagnosis of Alzheimer's followed for the now 75-year-old woman.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2007/11/dementia-often-first-noticed-at.html"><DIV>The signs of early dementia may be disguised during the year, when sufferers can rely on habit. But mess with the routine - as the holidays do - and the signals become obvious, Foster said.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2007/11/dementia-often-first-noticed-at.html">  Other real-life examples of dementia surfacing around the holidays: A patient who forgot to buy presents for all of her grandchildren. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2007/11/dementia-often-first-noticed-at.html">Another who bought every grandchild, boys and girls, the same gift. A father who flew to meet his son for Christmas and didn't recognize him at the airport.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2007/11/dementia-often-first-noticed-at.html"> Stick with the familiar. Maintain routines and skip strange and noisy restaurants.<BR />  * Keep it small. Large family get togethers "become too disruptive," Genebach said.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2007/11/dementia-often-first-noticed-at.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/img/437294F1-DD26-4859-9684-88EFFBBCBF40" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/EF1C722E-0C46-429E-AC85-D45CA2DCB74D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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