Changes in Walking and Balance Can be a Sign of Alzheimer's and Dementia
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Prior to my mother’s diagnosis of dementia she started scraping her feet on the ground, and started falling down. On one fall she broke her finger.
When my mother would fall, she could not get back up on her own. I now find myself wondering–how did she get up before I came to take care of her? I’ll never know the answer to this question.
I am convinced that my decision to take her into a gym, and put her on a treadmill made a remarkable difference. My mother has not fallen a single time in the last 4 years. Not once.
I suppose when I talk about exercise and the very positive effect it has on my mother’s over all well being–I make it sound like magic. It does seem magical to me the more I think about it.
I wish more people would try getting their older parents to walk on a treadmill five days a week. The benefits are remarkable.
via Alzheimer’s Reading Room: Changes in Walking and Balance Can be a Sign of Alzheimer’s and Dementia.
Posted on August 27, 2009 | No Comments | Category: Alzheimer's, Dementia |
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