lillybeck

I think that would be a great idea. This is something that we have dealt with in our family and it is a very devastating thing to deal with.

sassey

I made a memory quilt for my mother in law when she first started having signs of alz. then I had everyone write a small note and sign their square. She really loved that quilt was burried with it I also wrote something about being wrapped in loving arms of your family in the center square.

On a happier note I made a crawling quilt for my niece I put on pictures of everyone holding her then backed this with a moving pad, her mother loved the idea of having the a safe clean place to learn to crawl. She would crawl to certain pictures and pat her favorite people

amandasgramma

Oooooh I think I have a crush on your son!!!!

IBQUILTIN

Those kinds of quilts are becoming very popular. We made a picture album for my Mom with the opening page stating her name and address - including a recent picture. Then "My husband is:", " My children are" etc. It was a fun project, and she looked at it every day. Her dementia was not Alzheimers, but from a brain stem injury that finally just shut her little body down, one function at a time. Really a sad thing to watch happen to a loved one

amorerm

Love Abby...She's my fav. besides Gibbs of course. What a man. Do you know his wife is Pam Dawber from Mork and Mindy. They have been married for ever. Another reason I love him. A great husband and father and "a great man" all round.

craftymatt2

I love this show and Mark Harman is a doll. He is so very gorgeous, i sit with my eyes glued, anyone goes near the tv and i will boot them out

Marye

He was also Ricky Nelsons brother-in law.

golfer

I always watch NCIS. Something I did years ago was to record my mother-in-law talking and have played it for our family. I keep wanting to record others but never get around to it.

Rann

When we had to put my aunt with Alzheimer's in an assisted living facility, we did her a collage of pix of each family member with their names. When she got where she could not talk, she would point to whomever, asking where they were. Sometime she remembered us and sometimes she broke our hearts by not remembering us. She is gone now and in a much better place. I always say that Alzheimer's is the worst thing I have ever had to deal with.

Fancy Nancy

My 94 year old mom lives with us and she has had Alzheimer's for about 10 years. She reached the point several years ago where I am sure she does not know I am her daughter or that my kids are her grandkids. Oddly tho, this does not bother us - we are just so happy she is still around. She doesn't talk anymore but gets excited and does laugh about things we do. She is interested in everything that goes on around her - likes to watch out the window all day, looks thru mags, plays with "toys" etc. We have to feed her and change her etc. Just lately she has been unable to stand so have to lift her from bed to chair and vv. I know most people think it is so sad, esp for the families, but we are not sad about it - it is just as it is and we can live with that. I really don't believe that she knows that she can't remember. She just knows what she knows. We don't take her not knowing us personally or the fact she can't remember things. As one of my kids said, they can't remember their real early years - when I fed them, changed them, learning to walk etc but it does not make them sad that can't remember that - so they don't see the dif. Lots of my friends no longer have a parent and I am just happy and feel blessed that she is still around. It is still her - just not with the her memory - but we still have our memories of her.

Didn't mean to go on so long but wanted to give my 2 cents I guess.