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by jphilip
Tue Feb 11, 2020 9:49 am
Forum: Our Stories
Topic: Elderly phone issues (texts)
Replies: 4
Views: 1953

Re: Elderly phone issues (texts)

thanks for the reply. Redirection is a big focus and works really well in person, but sad to say...my mom is the culprit on creating the negative texts. She is "self triggered". She gets mad, writes something, then when reading her old texts gets mad all over again....
by jphilip
Tue Feb 11, 2020 7:55 am
Forum: Our Stories
Topic: Elderly phone issues (texts)
Replies: 4
Views: 1953

Elderly phone issues (texts)

Yes - a phone question! My mom has moderate dementia ( i am a 3/4). Unfortunately, she has "angry dementia" and routinely lashes out saying some incredibly painful stuff. She fell last year, broke a bone in her back, and is now in independent living close to family. She obsesses with going...
by jphilip
Sun Jun 09, 2019 5:43 pm
Forum: Our Stories
Topic: New Member Intro - New Mexico
Replies: 7
Views: 2718

New Member Intro - New Mexico

Greetings 3/4 Newbie here...been lurking for a few months and decided to dive in today. I'm a genealogy junkie and ended up here once the LOAD test from 23andMe showed up. This board has been great. Good info, good people... AD runs on my moms side - My Grandmother and Great Aunt both had it, my mom...
by jphilip
Sun Jun 09, 2019 9:59 am
Forum: The Social Hour
Topic: Genealogy and Assessing Risk
Replies: 13
Views: 7887

Genealogy and Assessing Risk

Greetings... I'm a 3/4. I've been a rather quiet consumer of all the information on this board and appreciate how positive a resource this community is for those with an increased AD risk. So a big thanks to all of you. Genealogy is my main hobby, so before jumping into APOE-land I had already spent...