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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: sonoran desert
Posts: 1,352
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: sonoran desert
Posts: 1,352
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My Dad - rapid decline
my dad recently passed away from alzheimer's disease. During a 5 day period (when i was on a trip and no one visited him) he slipped from
stage 5 (able to dress, feed himself with supervision - but unable to recall personal history reliably; lack of current info) (lasts approx 1.5 years)
to stage 6 Agitation and hallucination, loss of bowel & bladder control, inability to do independent living tasks; responds to nonverbal stimuli
and in 2 weeks he was at stage 7: Loss of speech, moans only, no ability to ambulate, no swallowing ability - required total support
he was in stage 7 for 3 days and then he passed away.
Has anyone else seen such fast decline ?
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