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At 12:32 PM 2/19/97 -0500, you wrote: >Hello, I am a newbie to this list, so please excuse me if I am asking >about something which has been recently covered. >My mother has PD and I am curious about PD dementia. She is 73 years old, >and very very forgetful, forgets words, people's names, etc. The doctor >says it is not Alzheimers, and that it is due to her meds. She takes three >cinemet (sp?) per day. She is also sometimes very petulant, and has an >exceedingly short attention span, all of which drive my poor father >slightly bats. >I have been in a position to go and stay with her when he goes away, but >this is changing and I will no longer be able to do this. Does anyone know >if there are PD support groups in the Westfield/Springfield Mass. area? >She also has macula degeneration and is losing her sight which doesn't >help. >Please respond to me off list if this is repeat information which would >bore everyone! >TIF >S.J. Wolfe > > >************************************************ >* ______ * >* / \ * >* | --88-- | S.J. Wolfe --**-- Per-Seshen * >* | ____ | American Antiquarian Society * >* | |_//_| | [log in to unmask] * >* | | * >* | /\/\/\ | A brain the size of a planet, * >* __\______/__ and here I am ... * >* * >************************************************ > >