Sister diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease

Hi,
I'm new to this, my sister has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease, recently, they say she is four years in, and it seems like the middle stage. She is 56. She is fighting it and very aggressive about it , if her husband tries to talk to her about it, she doesn't believe that she has it. She has threatened to leave him, if he continues to talk about it. He just wanted to get a companion for her, while he was at work, and asked her was she willing to take the medication, which might help. She has refused everything, it is a very difficult situation, she doesn't know I know her diagnosis, she didn't want anybody to know. She needs help, I don't know where to go from here,

Regards,

Collie

Thank you for your great suggestions, it is so hard to believe at the moment, even talking to her, you are wishing it away. It is so hard to contemplate the future for her.

I also have been wondering how quickly it progresses. My sister is early on set, and some research states that this can progress more quickly. It's hard to think about it, I have to keep in my head, if I go with my emotions, it is too overwhelming to think about the enormity of it, I just feel so sad for my sister but I am trying to do positive things to help her, and to make the most of good quality time we have left

Hi Michelle,

I just checked my emails, so apologises for not replying sooner. Yes I can recognise alot of my sister's behaviour in your sister. The consultant says by her scans that she is four years into the disease and she has never talked to us about it. Her husband didn't tell us until recently because she didn't want us to know. That was such a pity because she had stopped ringing us and we will never get back that time, had we known the reason we would'nt have allowed her to isolate herself. Isolation I think, is a killer in this disease, as not having the stimulation progresses it far more rapaidly. Like you I am trying to pop in whenever I can without it being too obvious. I call her regularly now, as she would never call, it's not that she would'nt want to, but she would'nt remember to do it.

My focus now is to give her happy times, as we don't know how fast it will progress. I'm going to be with her as much as I can, and give her good memories. I can't think about the future, we are in the present and that is the only thing we can change. It is overwhelming, and sometines I get really sad and have a little cry and that helps me a little bit I think. My sister is a very different person now, but unfotunately that is the reality and we have to accept it and support her anyway we can. I'd love it to be, not true, to wake up and realize it was just a nightmare, but that's not going to happen.

I hope this helps a little,

take care,

Colette

I have a strong history of dementia in my family.
Just out of curiosity, what symptoms is your sister displaying and
how do they know that she is four years into the disease?
Having worked in nursing facilities for many years, it does seem like
the early onset AD tends to be more severe.
Thoughts and Prayers.
Mame

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