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Please let me know if you've experienced any positive or negative effects of medication on your loved ones. Always leery of giving any "mind ending" drugs.
Please let you know... so that you can do what with the information, WillyB?
Nobody online has any experience of your mother, is the point. Whereas her doctor, one assumes, has considered her history, her current condition, and the benefits and risks of this medication, and judges that it may help her.
If you're not convinced, if you have reservations or anxieties, raise them with her doctor. If you're still not happy, then seek a second opinion. But get a qualified opinion, not crowd wisdom off the internet.
This medication is the generic of Aricept, which may get you more responses.
My mother was never on Aricept but took several antidepressants and antianxiety meds during her dementia journey. They certainly helped. Dosages were adjusted when needed.
I think it's important when a loved one has dementia to recognize that their "broken" brain may benefit from psychiatric meds which helped them cope with extreme anxiety and agitation.
These meds are not given to dope people up or to make them someone they aren't.
My 80 yr old grandma is on donepezil and has been for at least 6 months. She hasn't experienced any bad side effects. The doctor said that he couldn't give her all of her memory back but that the medication should stop it from progressing and thank God it has. She was getting worse every day but since she has been on the donepezil it hasn't got any worse!!!! She is also aricept with it
Aricept made my mother (who was very sensitive to many drugs) nauseated and it was discontinued. Aricept was very helpful for reducing hallucinations for my husband and remained so for nearly 10 years.
The point is, the only relevant question is how will this drug work for your mother? It is not going to cure her of dementia in any case, so if you don't want her to have it you don't have to feel guilty of possibly depriving her of a cure. If you are willing to consider it, ask the doctor what specific improvements you can look for, and how long it should take to see them. If the improvements don't materialize or if she has some unpleasant side effects, tell the doctor you want the drug discontinued.
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
I agree that:
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I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
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APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
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APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site.
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If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
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This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year.
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You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
Nobody online has any experience of your mother, is the point. Whereas her doctor, one assumes, has considered her history, her current condition, and the benefits and risks of this medication, and judges that it may help her.
If you're not convinced, if you have reservations or anxieties, raise them with her doctor. If you're still not happy, then seek a second opinion. But get a qualified opinion, not crowd wisdom off the internet.
This medication is the generic of Aricept, which may get you more responses.
My mother was never on Aricept but took several antidepressants and antianxiety meds during her dementia journey. They certainly helped. Dosages were adjusted when needed.
I think it's important when a loved one has dementia to recognize that their "broken" brain may benefit from psychiatric meds which helped them cope with extreme anxiety and agitation.
These meds are not given to dope people up or to make them someone they aren't.
I think they are worth a try. One at a time. (Never start two meds at once, you don't know where the side effects are coming from, or the benefit!)
The point is, the only relevant question is how will this drug work for your mother? It is not going to cure her of dementia in any case, so if you don't want her to have it you don't have to feel guilty of possibly depriving her of a cure. If you are willing to consider it, ask the doctor what specific improvements you can look for, and how long it should take to see them. If the improvements don't materialize or if she has some unpleasant side effects, tell the doctor you want the drug discontinued.