Alzheimer’s is a progressive mental deterioration disease with loss of memory and cognitive functions and an inability to carry out the normal activities of everyday life. The cause of Alzheimer’s Disease is being constantly researched with various theories on possible causes. One being that genetic factors are playing a role. It has been suggested that in the initial stages Alzheimer’s Disease can be confused with depression.
Complete evaluation and neurological tests to evaluate the level of dementia and diagnosis can only be compiled by a health-care practitioner.
When a family member has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, although the diagnosis may have been suspected and at times expected, it still comes as a massive shock to all the family. It is generally found to affect those over the age of 60, but younger age groups can also be affected. Whether it be the husband or wife, partner or any family member that is affected by Alzheimer’s Disease the person not affected can be shocked and devastated or may go into depression when confronted with the news.
As an example, we will consider a case where the husband has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease and his wife has now the responsibility of having to deal with this life-changing situation.
His wife’s suspicions may have been aroused by the change in the man’s behaviour, his memory loss and his coping mechanisms of day-to-day activities. A confirmed diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease can have a devastating affect not just on immediate family but also on the extended family.
One person described how this news and diagnosis had affected her. She said she cried for almost two weeks before she could take the necessary steps on how she was going to cope.
Complete evaluation and neurological tests to evaluate the level of dementia and diagnosis can only be compiled by a health-care practitioner.
When a family member has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, although the diagnosis may have been suspected and at times expected, it still comes as a massive shock to all the family. It is generally found to affect those over the age of 60, but younger age groups can also be affected. Whether it be the husband or wife, partner or any family member that is affected by Alzheimer’s Disease the person not affected can be shocked and devastated or may go into depression when confronted with the news.
As an example, we will consider a case where the husband has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease and his wife has now the responsibility of having to deal with this life-changing situation.
His wife’s suspicions may have been aroused by the change in the man’s behaviour, his memory loss and his coping mechanisms of day-to-day activities. A confirmed diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease can have a devastating affect not just on immediate family but also on the extended family.
One person described how this news and diagnosis had affected her. She said she cried for almost two weeks before she could take the necessary steps on how she was going to cope.
All professional and medical recommendations and guidance were put in place but despite all of this, her immediate fears and worries came to the surface.
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She wondered how was she going to cope.
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She Lived in the countryside but never learned how to drive.
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She had no children of her own but she did have many relatives and friends.
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The desolation she felt was extreme.
Her husband’s condition gradually became worse and worse and then rapidly deteriorated. Her husband would get out of bed several times during the night and occasionally would fall and she would lift him from the floor and help him back to bed again.
Despite receiving help from a day-care centre, night after night she had countless sleepless nights with constant anxiety and fear of what the next episode was going to be. She worried for her husband’s safety and protection all of which began taking its toll on her own physical and mental health and well-being. All of this led to her reluctantly making the decision to agree to her husband being admitted for long-term care in a nursing home.
This was another stage she was not prepared for. The man she had spent over forty years of her life with, was no longer there. This was not an ending like a death that could be processed over time. She had difficulty coming to terms with what she called “a death” of sorts, with all her hopes and dreams and a life that was familiar to her now coming to an end.
She couldn’t move on because she couldn’t process what hadn’t happened. There was no finality as such. She said it was like being suspended in mid-air with no direction. His medical team were supportive, but informed her that any improvement in his condition was unlikely.
It was a feeling of incredible loss, grief, hurt, anger and guilt. The guilt was controlling her everyday thoughts and thinking. She felt she should have done more, and that maybe she could have kept him at home for longer.
She said her immune system was at an all-time low and she was experiencing constant colds and flu, sore throat, cold sores and her long-abated eczema had returned. She felt she was at the end of the road physically and emotionally.
This woman’s story is one of many similar stories we have come across in recent years. Sometimes the roles are different.
Sometimes it is the husband who has the task of trying to deal with his wife’s Alzheimer’s Disease. But, in nearly all cases the person whose responsibility it is to take care of their spouse or partner, or other relative during the challenging months or years when they are suffering with Alzheimer’s Disease, may face similar emotional trauma, stress, grief, guilt, anxiety, and shock as they struggle to cope with this crippling and frightening disease.
When our Healing Clinic is contacted in situations like this, we try to offer our help and support by suggesting they attend for bio energy therapy.
First of all, this is to deal with and improve this person’s present physical health and their own self healing. We apply bio energy using particular techniques to raise the immune system and other techniques to reduce levels of stress. We also apply chakra clearing to help decrease levels of fear and anxiety, shock, guilt, hurt and loss.
Despite receiving help from a day-care centre, night after night she had countless sleepless nights with constant anxiety and fear of what the next episode was going to be. She worried for her husband’s safety and protection all of which began taking its toll on her own physical and mental health and well-being. All of this led to her reluctantly making the decision to agree to her husband being admitted for long-term care in a nursing home.
This was another stage she was not prepared for. The man she had spent over forty years of her life with, was no longer there. This was not an ending like a death that could be processed over time. She had difficulty coming to terms with what she called “a death” of sorts, with all her hopes and dreams and a life that was familiar to her now coming to an end.
She couldn’t move on because she couldn’t process what hadn’t happened. There was no finality as such. She said it was like being suspended in mid-air with no direction. His medical team were supportive, but informed her that any improvement in his condition was unlikely.
It was a feeling of incredible loss, grief, hurt, anger and guilt. The guilt was controlling her everyday thoughts and thinking. She felt she should have done more, and that maybe she could have kept him at home for longer.
She said her immune system was at an all-time low and she was experiencing constant colds and flu, sore throat, cold sores and her long-abated eczema had returned. She felt she was at the end of the road physically and emotionally.
This woman’s story is one of many similar stories we have come across in recent years. Sometimes the roles are different.
Sometimes it is the husband who has the task of trying to deal with his wife’s Alzheimer’s Disease. But, in nearly all cases the person whose responsibility it is to take care of their spouse or partner, or other relative during the challenging months or years when they are suffering with Alzheimer’s Disease, may face similar emotional trauma, stress, grief, guilt, anxiety, and shock as they struggle to cope with this crippling and frightening disease.
When our Healing Clinic is contacted in situations like this, we try to offer our help and support by suggesting they attend for bio energy therapy.
First of all, this is to deal with and improve this person’s present physical health and their own self healing. We apply bio energy using particular techniques to raise the immune system and other techniques to reduce levels of stress. We also apply chakra clearing to help decrease levels of fear and anxiety, shock, guilt, hurt and loss.
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Your most asked question
What could help the endless guilt going round and around in the mind?
To try and cope with the never-ending thought patterns of guilt that invades the mind day and night it may be necessary to first of all acknowledge the feeling. To stop the feelings from controlling everyday life repeat the affirmation “I did the best I could with the knowledge and coping abilities I had at the time”. This can stop the guilt from gaining control. Applying Bio energy therapy on the sacral chakra can help decrease the intensity of the guilt that is affecting the person.
