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Experience Michiana: April 16th, 2012
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About This Episode
Episode #121
Tonight, Gordy talks to David and Naomi Wenger about The Hermitage Community, Mike Keen about the Center for a Sustainable Future at IUSB, and Lori Butchko about AFS Intercultural Programs.
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- April 16, 2012


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Taking Care of Yourself with Exercise
Regular exercise isn't just about the many benefits; it is about the value of you. What is your intrinsic value to yourself, your family, and the world? As you value yourself and your contributions, you understand that taking care of yourself is essential to giving to others. Just a note here: if you are a caretaker or are in a care-giving career, it is very important that you take care of you. Many overweight people are primary caregivers and forget to also care for themselves.
Demonstrate your own self-esteem and self-worth by taking good care of yourself through exercise.
Boost Your Metabolism
Exercise boosts your metabolic rate. As you exercise, you increase your muscle mass, leading you to sport a higher metabolic rate. This means you burn through your food faster. Thus, you actually need to eat more food to stay at your ideal size.
For example, let's compare two women. Both are the same age and weight. The first woman works out by doing strength training three times a week. The other doesn't do any form of strength training. The first woman needs to eat more calories to stay at her ideal size than the other one—simply because she has more muscle and less fat on her body.
This is why. A pound of fat requires only three calories per pound for maintenance. A pound of muscle requires 35 to 50 calories per pound. It's highly beneficial to your weight loss to have a low body fat percentage and high muscle mass.
As we counsel our weight-loss clients, it's amazing how some of them need such little amounts of food while others need lots more. The ratio of body fat to muscle makes a big difference in how much food it takes to maintain your ideal size. A woman with a high body fat percentage, say at 40 percent, can eat such small amounts of food and still gain weight, while a woman with 20 percent body fat can eat way more food and stay at her ideal size. It doesn't seem fair.
Get your body fat down through strength training and use the "passive" activity of your higher metabolism to stay at your ideal size.
Maintain Your Ideal Size
We question whether a person can really lose weight through exercise alone. We've never seen this happen. We suppose that if a person went from being totally sedentary to running in marathons then he or she would lose weight. But a person could gain weight from exercise. Since muscle weighs more than fat, a person could do strength training and gain weight, yet fit into his or her clothes better. In other words, the person could be a smaller size and yet weigh more. At that point, who cares? The person looks great.
But research shows over and over again that the people who maintain weight loss are the people who continue to exercise over their lifetimes. This is because of the boost in metabolism and because exercise lifts mood, soothes anxiety, and improves health. When you feel good about yourself, you tend to make healthier decisions about food, eating, and your life.
Shape Comes from Muscles
Sandy is a perfect example of being at her ideal size all her life. But as a result of getting older and letting her exercise regimen fall by the wayside, she put on too many inches. As she says, "I am intelligent and teach others this concept—I live with a triathlete and marathoner for goodness sake! I feel better when I exercise, … but if I get out of the habit because of an extended vacation or whatever, it might take me months to get back into a regular routine again.
"Exercise isn't my top priority—I'd rather do other things. I am my best at exercise when I do it first thing in the morning and go to work a little later rather than trying to fit it in after work. My early evenings are not consistent, and after supper I am surely not going to rev up my exercise motor! The motivation to exercise needs to come from within. Know that at first, exercise … won't be fun—but it has to be done—then it does become fun. Use a wide variety of exercise techniques so you don't get into a rut."
If you lost a lot of weight and didn't exercise as you were losing, you might get to your ideal size, but you could never get close to your desired shape.
Joan started at a size 22. Within a year and a half, she was wearing a size 8. This is terrific. She exercised by doing the five Tibetan exercises every day, and she rode her exercise bike three times a week. She looked terrific as a size 8, and you couldn't tell that she had ever been overweight.
But if she hadn't exercised—oh, dear. Joan would have had sagging, loose skin all over her body. Her muscles would have been flabby. At that point, no amount of exercise could have firmed up the sagging, loose skin. Her only alternative would have been plastic surgery and lots of it.
Don't let this happen to you. If you exercise as you lose weight, your skin firms up and tones as you lose each ounce and pound. It shrink-wraps to fit your muscles. But if you don't strengthen, stretch, and do cardio, the damage can be irreparable. We want you to look good in your clothes and on the beach. If you think you may need some nips and tucks after weight loss, make sure to maintain your weight loss for at least nine months before you opt for surgery. Yes, we have friends who had the work done too soon and then gained the weight back. It's not a pretty picture.
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Excerpted from The Complete Idiot's Guide to Healthy Weight Loss © 2005 by Lucy Beale and Sandy G. Couvillon. All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. Used by arrangement with Alpha Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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National Value of Volunteer Time
The estimated value of volunteer time for 2013 is $22.55 per hour.
The estimate helps acknowledge the millions of individuals who dedicate their time, talents, and energy to making a difference. Charitable organizations can use this estimate to quantify the enormous value volunteers provide.
According to the Corporation for National and Community Service, about 64.5 million Americans, or 26.5 percent of the adult population, gave 7.9 billion hours of volunteer service worth $175 billion in 2012.1 For the latest information, please see www.volunteeringinamerica.gov.
For more information on the economic impact of nonprofits by state, please visit our state profiles portal.
State Values for Volunteer Time
|Value of a Volunteer Hour, by State: 2013
History of the Dollar Value of a Volunteer Hour: 1980 - 2013
How the Numbers are Calculated
The value of volunteer time is based on the hourly earnings (approximated from yearly values) of all production and non-supervisory workers on private non-farm payrolls average (based on yearly earnings provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics). Independent Sector indexes this figure to determine state values and increases it by 12 percent to estimate for fringe benefits.
Charitable organizations most frequently use the value of volunteer time for recognition events or communications to show the amount of community support an organization receives from its volunteers.
According to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the value of volunteer services can also be used on financial statements –- including statements for internal and external purposes, grant proposals, and annual reports –- only if a volunteer is performing a specialized skill for a nonprofit. The general rule to follow when determining if contributed services meet the FASB criteria for financial forms is to determine whether the organization would have purchased the services if they had not been donated. Accounting specialists may visit FASB's website for regulations on use of the value of volunteer time on financial forms: http://www.fasb.org/pdf/fas116.pdf.
It is very difficult to put a dollar value on volunteer time. Volunteers provide many intangibles that can not be easily quantified. For example, volunteers demonstrate the amount of support an organization has within a community, provide work for short periods of time, and provide support on a wide range of projects.
The value of volunteer time presented here is the average wage of non-management, non-agricultural workers. This is only a tool and only one way to show the immense value volunteers provide to an organization. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does have hourly wages by occupation that can be used to determine the value of a specialized skill.
It is important to remember that when a doctor, lawyer, craftsman, or anyone with a specialized skill volunteers, the value of his or her work is based on his or her volunteer work, not his or her earning power. In other words, volunteers must be performing their special skill as volunteer work. If a doctor is painting a fence or a lawyer is sorting groceries, he or she is not performing his or her specialized skill for the nonprofit, and their volunteer hour value would not be higher.
1.Corporation for National and Community Service. "Research Brief: Volunteering in America Research Highlights" (2012).


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Spare a Rose, Save a Child with Diabetes
Buying a dozen roses is a traditional way many people say "I love you" for Valentine's Day. But what if that token of affection also meant saving the life of a child with diabetes?
For the first time this year, it does! All you have to do is be a part of a new grassroots effort called Spare a Rose, Save a Child.
A small group of our friends in the Diabetes Online Community (DOC)…


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Brett Waterman breaks down how to embrace your home's style, consignment shopping and reno money savers.
Voting for the design and product features that will set this retreat apart from all the rest is in full swing.
Find unique ideas for reinventing old dressers and turning salvaged items into stylish headboards.
Jason Cameron and The Goose create a man cave for one lucky guy.
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Check out the different styles and textures in wallpapers for your home.
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Get an inside look at how to install a home wall safe.
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A carpeting expert offers some easy tips on how to secure separating seams.
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Learn professional techniques for refinishing a hardwood floor.
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Putting a deadbolt lock on your door is easy. Here's how to do it yourself.
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It's easy to install your own toekicks, baseboard, and shoe molding.
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Here you can select the passengers for this flight reservation.
The list includes those of your company's employees who have access to the Finnair Corporate Online services. By default the logged-in user is selected and marked as the primary passenger, and his or her contact information is added in the reservation. However, you can also book flights for others and exclude yourself from the reservation. The primary passenger's contact information can also be changed on the Passenger Details page.
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"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford", said author Samuel Johnson in 1777. The same is true today. London, the home of the red double-decker buses, Big Ben and the Queen of England, is a true cornucopia of experiences for a traveller.
So, where should a visitor start? From the shopping heavens of Oxford Street and High Street Kensington, the cool and comfortable picnic spots of Regent's Park and Hyde Park, or the theatre performances in West End, or Soho's wild nightlife? Perhaps you should head to the hustle and bustle of Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus and take in the ambience of the metropolis under the neon lights, or maybe enjoy the art treasures housed in the Tate Modern and the National Gallery? How about topping it all off with a visit to the aquarium and the London Zoo? Every now and then, it is good to take a breather and stop at a traditional English pub by the Thames; you can always go back into London centre once you've caught your breath!
The airport is located 22 km west of London.
Check-in is also possible at the check-in kiosk at the Paddington railway station in London.


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Midwest Living Review
Pirogue (pronounced pee-ROGUE) Grille is the best restaurant in central North Dakota when it comes to overall dining experience. The dedicated waitstaff, the table linens, the warm homemade bread, the lighting and of course the food -- everything about this place balances classic elegance and Midwest casual. The restaurant is renowned for taking familiar, local ingredients and flavors and creating culinary discoveries, and the lamb burger with locally raised lamb is a perfect example. We visited on a Friday night, sat ourselves at one of the four tables in the cozy bar area, and ordered glasses of wine for around $6 apiece. For the meal, we tried the minted lamb burger ($8) off the bar menu and the breast of free-range chicken with soft polenta, mushrooms and white truffle oil ($23) off the dinner menu. Because we ordered off the dinner menu, we got a basket with delicious homemade breads -- one sourdough type another white with a touch of salt and garlic -- and a small bowl of unsalted butter. The lamb burger arrived looking a little awkward -- an ugly duckling of the burger world with a square homemade focaccia bun; a thick, hand-formed patty; a smear of hummus; and a slab of feta cheese. However, all these elements combined to make an amazing experience, with flavor, texture and juiciness balanced and harmonized. Chicken earned an A+ for presentation: It crowned brightly colored green beans and carrots with mushrooms on a puddle of polenta. The lamb burger is only on the bar menu. Waitstaff will let you order the burger in the main restaurant if you insist upon it, but it's a bit of a faux pas. Pirogue Grille opens at 5 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays.


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Prerequisite(s): The volunteer application process, including criminal background check, must be completed before meeting with girls or volunteering in any capacity. You may attend this course while paperwork is being processed.
Volunteers may register for the training session that fits their schedule.
This training will prepare you to facilitate the Cookie Program for your troop including a sample troop/family meeting plan, order processing, delivery, distribution, Snap cookie management website, Cookie Share, and booth sales.
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Van needs come true: Community aids Dover family in transporting handicapped children
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
DOVER — Two Strafford County families are receiving handicapped-accessible vans with the help of Community Partners, business and individual donors and area mechanics.
Tim Joslin of Barrington, a friend of McCann's who works at the Banks Collision Center in Concord, donated his services to fix up the body and repaint the vehicle.
"The opportunity came up to fix the van and give back, and it was nice to see some way to be able to help, so I did it," said Joslin.
That van will be donated to a family of five who has a child with Down syndrome and a heart condition. Both parents in the family is on disability.
"This is a wonderful team that spent a lot of time and money on this," Deirdre Watson, director of family support with Community Partners, said. "It was not a simple process."
The story began when Community Partners heard about Harding, who was then borrowing a small compact car. It took more than 20 minutes to load her sons, Christopher and Aaron, and their wheelchairs into the car every time she took them to school, a doctor's appointment or therapy.
"When you have a child with a disability, transportation is always a huge issue," Watson said.
Watson set up an account to ensure people could feel comfortable donating money to acquire a suitable vehicle for Harding. According to Watson, Brad Soloman of Key Auto Group was also instrumental in setting up an online donation page where Key Auto Group matched each donation dollar-for-dollar.
Many local businesses, organizations and individuals donated their support and money to the project. Dover Elks Lodge 184, American Legion Post 8 and Dover Moose #443 held a series of community fundraisers that raised more than $5,000, which was also matched by Key Auto Group. More than $30,000 was raised to buy the vehicle by the end of October, and Harding received her van on Nov. 27.
"There were so many people, donating $20, $50, $100," said Watson. "I was just blown away by the response."
Community Partners has heard from a number of families with disabled children in the area who are also in need of vehicles. They hope to continue to help facilitate monetary and vehicular donations for these families.


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Just curious, can we trade players we traded for on draft night now? I didn't think we could but I might be wrong
Courtney Alexander + Joe Smith +2002 1st for Jermaine Oneil
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Just curious, can we trade players we traded for on draft night now? I didn't think we could but I might be wrong
Do you mean guys you drafted after a trade?
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Sorry been busy, but we are still negotiating on this
2013-1014 is the season the Pelicans fanbase grows!!!!
I thought O Neal was traded for while the draft was going on (if he wasn't my bad)
I traded for Antonio Davis during the draft and I didn't think I was allowed to trade him
Nah, O'Neal wasn't traded
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Ah okay thanks for clearing that up. Thought it had gone through. My bad
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CosmicBreak Overview
Like Exteel, CosmicBreak is a Third Person Shooter where players control mechs. The game offers both competitive and cooperative game modes and allows players to customize their character using 50+ mech types and 300+ parts. Fight large 30v30 battles in Union Wars and Epoch Battle mode. Host rooms or join those started by others in the Arena. For cooperative play, mission mode allows up to five players to work together as a team against NPC opponents. CosmicBreak is a quirky, Japanese free-to-play MMO that mecha fans should check out!
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CosmicBreak Review
Updated Review By Michael Sagoe (mikedot), OnRPG Journalist
If there's one thing that most fans of Japanese culture can't seem to get enough of these days, it's "Moe" brand anime. You know, the kind of anime usually filled with cute characters with cute personalities, attempting to live through life doing cute things … and whatnot. However, there's one thing that fans of Japanese culture love more than moe anime: Mechas of all shapes and sizes. Occasionally, these two themes would get mashed together, allowing for adorable characters to run around in a world where robotic death and destruction is constantly occurring around them. CyberStep originally released their own Moe Mecha MOTPS in 2010 called "CosmicBreak", which featured faction-based PvP, tons of unique robots with customizable parts to mix and match, and a handful of cooperative game modes to keep players busy. While it all sounds like an anime lover's delight, CosmicBreak is a game that packs a lot of excitement into a small package, but with the current player-base at an all-time low, sharing that excitement with others may be the real challenge that CosmicBreak provides.
First off: When new players begin their first venture into the world of Cosmic Break, they'll have to choose between one of three unions: Baldine, Wizdom and Dostrex, with each union representing Courage, Wisdom and Power respectively. Unions allow players to take part in various faction battles where up to 30 vs. 30 players compete to earn weekly rewards. While a three-way system is usually a good way to keep competition balanced, the game offers no incentive for players to join weaker unions. At the time of this review, Baldine has the most active and "skilled" players around, so many new players will end up gravitating towards the biggest union simply because of their numbers. Strangely enough, participation of union battles are not mandatory and earning rewards from weekly faction battles are usually meager progress boosters, such as 30% EXP boosters or 30% UC (in-game currency) boosters, so even with all the fuss made over deciding which union to join, chances are that players will not feel any real sense of "faction pride" like in other online games that feature similar PvP-focused gameplay.
Getting a hang of the controls may be tricky for newcomers. While CosmicBreak uses a familiar WASD control scheme, players must lock onto their enemies by keeping their crosshair as close to an enemy at all times before their attacks can cause damage. While it seems simple enough, throw in elements such as ground dashing, air weaving, power ups that can disorient movement controls and boost management, and you have a control scheme that's easy to learn, but difficult to master.
Battles in Cosmic Break are incredibly fast paced and frantic. Knowing your mech and cooperating with your teammates will constantly be an important factor to achieving victory. With three different mech sizes and four different mech types including Land, Air, Artillery and Support, there's many different ways for teams to approach enemies, along with many different ways to take enemies down. There's also a Rock-Paper-Scissors meta-game where Land beats Artillery, Artillery beats Air and Air beats Land. Of course, in the middle of a heated battle, even the most cleaver strategies can fall due the game's incredibly fast pacing, but it creates a hectic, but fun sensation that not many F2P titles can achieve.
For those that aren't into competition, the game also features a mission mode where players can team up with up to four other members to tackle missions against bots. These missions do a decent job of offering a challenge to players, especially at higher difficulty settings, but they pale in comparison to kind of action found in multiplayer competition, so this mode will be seen more as a training session for arena matches. There's also a quest mode where players can venture out into the world and explore either solo or with friends, just like in mission mode. Players can find ancient treasures and special parts to customize their mechs with, but sadly, with some of the changes made to the game, playing through arena matches can yield the same rewards as venturing out in quest mode, so once again, it's all just a lackluster alternative to PvP.
Customization has always been a big part of CyberStep's titles, and Cosmic Break is no exception. Player can customize their mechs in a ton of different ways, including different parts, passive abilities and more. You can also visually customize your mech using different color palette options and there's even a small degree of model editing. No two mechs in this game will ever be the same. One important factor with customization is that each part equipped to your mech has capacity costs. In arena matches, the objective for winning is to exhaust your opponent's battle points. Each time a mech is destroyed in battle, a deduction of battle points is determined by the each mech's capacity costs, so mechs with high capacity costs will lose more points compared to mechs with low capacity. It's a simplistic system, but one that gives players a tactical sense of risk vs. reward.
While the visuals may technically be outdated, the low polygons count actual helps to give CosmicBreak a retro style, sort of like a late generation PlayStation 1 or an early generation Nintendo 64 game. It's just too bad that CyberStep did not bother to update the game's textures or increase the resolution size any higher than 800×600, so the visuals will not look pretty on high resolution monitors.
Recently, they've introduced (and re-introduced) humanoid characters, each with their own personalities and storylines. Along with that, they've included a new rest area called "Angel Academy" where you can send your characters and mechs off to a weird robo prep school. Now players can truly live out their moe mecha fantasies.
However, since the new humanoid characters and mechs have much higher polygon counts than many of the original mechs available, they seem strangely out of place, and overall they throw off the whole retro charm the game has.
The difference between the old and new mechs is like night and day…
CosmicBreak also has this rolling world effect where mechs are walking in place while pushing the world underneath them. It's a neat effect, but one that can also be disorienting at times, making it difficult to find your way around the environment.
The original soundtrack handled by CyberStep is also a key element to the game's presentation, with drum & bass, techno and electronica tunes available to help keep the energy and excitement levels high during gameplay.
The current player-base for CosmicBreak is very low, so finding other players to participate in content other than arena shuffle matches will be difficult at times. While most of the active players only seem to be interested in arena mode, it's not too surprising since most rewards that can be earned from every other game mode can be earned from arena mode as well.
Sometimes, it can be difficult to even get shuffle matches going which are comprised of various participants from each union, and when there are just enough players to start a match, it's usually a small amount. Sadly, any newcomers will perhaps never be able to experience the game's hectic 30 vs. 30 union wars, which is when the game truly shines.
The game also features friend lists and player rankings , but with barely anyone playing, finding friends can be a challenge and plowing your way to the top of the leaderboards will come with fleeted glory, and that's only if those players can stand a chance against others that have undoubtedly obtained a handful of "Garapon" mechs to compete with. Speaking of which: Garapon (which is basically a fancy name for "Gachapon", I.E: Virtual Vending Machines) contain special mechs and humanoid characters that can be eminently power when properly leveled up and tweaked.
The difference in strength between garapon mechs and regular mechs can be so overpowering at times, the Rock-Paper-Scissors meta-game would be completely thrown out the window. With such gameplay balance all caused by these mechs, many players have left the game in droves.
Verdict: Fair
CosmicBreak is an MOTPS that has a unique style like no other, enjoyable gameplay that anyone can pick up and play and cute humanoids for anime fans to gawk over, but with a low player-base and overpowered mechs, new players may not be willing to stick around for long.
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By Erhan Altay
CosmicBreak is a casual-friendly third person shooter MMO developed by the Japanese studio CyberStep. The North American service opened on June 10th, 2010 – just in time for the summer rush. While the visuals in CosmicBreak don't stand up to those of Exteel, another mech based brawler, the combination of singleplayer, cooperative, and competitive content make it well worth checking out.
The graphics in CosmicBreak might not be technically advanced, but the quirky art style is distinctly Japanese and gives the game a unique atmosphere. A browser plug-in and a small download (around 400 MB) are required before jumping in. Each account can only create a single character, but the gameplay in CosmicBreak allows players to switch between various mechs, so this isn't a major concern. A short, mandatory tutorial starts with some dialogue between three NPC mechs. Random bits of Japanese voice acting don't serve much use on the American server, but somehow they sounded natural; it was almost as if I were watching a subbed anime. The tutorial does a good job explaining the game's basic controls. W,A,S,D are used to move while the spacebar jumps and keeps mechs airborne when held. Each mech has two attack modes, one controlled with the left mouse button and the other with the right. After the first tutorial stage, players must choose between three warring unions: Wizdom (WIZ), Dostrex (DOS), and Bladine (BRD.)
CosmicBreak tries to incorporate some sort of story into the otherwise mindless robo-bash, and the motions are appreciated. Each player represents a new 'hero' and the three NPC Union leaders try and convince them to join their side. Each union has its own base area which serves as a persistent world lobby. It is from this lobby that players can join arena matches, either by speaking to an arena bot or hitting the keyboard shortcut. Players have the option of playing through a short mission prior to entering the lobby, where they will face off against a series of NPC robots with an NPC ally. At the end of the end of this mission, and all future missions there will be a boss to contend with. These first few missions each reward an additional mech, which is placed in the player's garage. It is from the garage that players can assign mechs to their 'commando.' A Commando is a lineup of three mechs that players take into battle with them. Each time a player dies, they can chose to respawn as one of their three mechs. Mechs fall into three broad categories: Air, Land, and Artillery. Each type has its strengths and weaknesses highlighted by their different distribution of five stats: STR, TEC, WLK, FLY, and TGH. The AIR type are the most agile and can fly around the longest without having to land to recharge their 'boost' gauge. Land mechs are designed for ground combat, but can fly when the need arises. Artillery are the slowest and bulkiest but deal heavy damage and have long rage.
The Commons
The gameplay portion of CosmicBreak comes in two flavors, PvP and PvE. The PvP portion is accessed from the arena and comes in two modes. Union Wars pits members of the player's selected union against one of the other two. Up to thirty players can take part in these matches. A list of games is displayed and players can join which ever they desire. Games start automatically when they fill up, but players are free to run around the area, chat, or just go afk until the battle begins. New players should stick to larger battles -this way they will have more targets to shoot at and more teammates to fall back on. In many ways, gameplay in CosmicBreak is very similar to Custom Robo, a console game for the Nintendo GameCube. It is possible to dodge enemy attacks in real-time by strafing, or taking to the air. Melee-range attacks such as sword swipes or thrusts deal heavy damage but are risky since they require the assailant to approach the target. Tapping 'w' causes mechs to dash forward, and there are plenty of other small tricks players will pick up with experience. The most remarkable part of CosmicBreak is how fluid it controls despite the blocky graphics. Combat mechanics are simple to pick up, the controls function, but like Rumble Fighter, Splash Fighters, or GetAmped 2 the game is difficult to master. More often than not, the better player will end up with a higher score than the one whose mech lineup has a higher point value.
Mecha Progress
The other major PvP mode is Team Fighter, which gives players more control over how they want to play. Like in most lobby games, players must create Team Fighter rooms and can chose how many players are to participate and what map to play on. There are no free-for-all modes in CosmicBreak – this is a purely team-oriented game. This may seem limited at first, but with 5v5 being the smallest possible game size, free-for-alls would be way too chaotic. Those looking for some PvE action must leave their Union's area and head towards the shared Central Area. A teleporter located in each union zone will take players to the shared area where players of all three unions can mingle and take part in cooperative missions. Missions are hosted the same way Team Matches are. There are several types of missions including story, assault, and mini missions. Each come in five difficulty settings, ranging from "easy" to "extreme". Co-op missions are generally not as popular as competitive games, but this is probably because they can be played solo. Playing missions solo is a great way to earn currency and experience.
Competing Currencies
The primary in game currency in Cosmic Break is UC. Players start with around 5,000 and earn more by playing matches or completing missions. New mechs, items, parts, weapons, and other items can be purchased from the shop using UC. The single, universal shop is accessible from any lobby area while players are not in a game. During the open beta, all items in the shop can be acquired with UC, including temporary bonuses such as double experience. A lot of the items grant in-game advantages such as additional moves. Whether these will cost Rt (the game's premium currency) once it leaves beta is any one's guess. Besides purchasing items, players can also use a slot machine called 'Garapon' for a chance to win prizes such as new mechs or parts. It costs 2,000 UC for a single spin, so play responsibly. Players can apply custom paint jobs to their mechs, and the options available are quite impressive. A whole palette of colors is available, and there's even a more advanced editor for those who want to get real fancy with custom patterns. CyberStep is the same studio behind the GetAmped fighting series, and CosmicBreak can be thought of as a Sci-Fi offshoot of that franchise. While it supports much larger battles, the graphic style, and basic gameplay mechanics are very similar to its brawler predecessor.
Final Verdict: Good
CosmicBreak offers solid gameplay, but dated visuals and a cumbersome interface prevent it from earning a higher score. The ability to customize mechs, and the single-player and cooperative missions add value, but the best parts of CosmicBreak are the massive PvP battles.
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CosmicBreak System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 1.6GHz or higher
HDD: 1.2 GB Free
Graphics Card: VRAM 64MB or more, NVIDIA GeForce4 or higher, ATI RADEON 8500 or higher
Recommended Specification:
OS: Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7
CPU: Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo 6300 or higher, Intel Core i7 920 or higher
RAM: 1 GB or more
HDD: 1.2 GB Free
Graphics Card: VRAM 512MB or more, NVIDIA GeForce 9600 or higher, ATI Radeon HD 2900 or higher
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Thank you for all your ideas about ways to address shadowing. There's nothing more helpful to caregivers than to have a "toolbox" full of strategies to assist with the challenging symptoms of Alzheimer's. Your comments underscore the deep commitment and love you have toward the one you're caring for.
Yet one of you recently asked, "What happens if the caregiver and the dementia patient do not have a loving relationship? How do both cope to live together?" This is an intriguing question and maybe a situation more common than we realize.
Symptoms of dementia such as suspiciousness, false accusations, paranoid delusions and aggression will put even the most loving and committed relationships under considerable strain.
So what happens when the relationship between caregiver and the person with dementia doesn't originate from a loving foundation? Certainly, the type of relationship we had in the past with the person impacts how we think about caregiving in the present.
In one of my favorite books, "Your Name is Hughes Hannibal Shanks", Lela Knox Shanks writes eloquently and candidly about her relationship and caregiving role with her husband, Hughes.
Although Lela loved him deeply and unconditionally, her idea of reframing the relationship with the Alzheimer's patient may be helpful. Lela writes, "The caregiver cannot retain the same familiar relationship with the patient as in the past — we now have to live with the patient as she or he is today and a new relationship must be formed. Carrying the emotions of our past relationship into the present only dissipates our energy and weighs us down."
Here's an example:
A couple weeks ago, Nick wrote that his wife of 46 years with Alzheimer's throws his clothes away. She believes he's having an affair and that his clothes are from the other woman. If Nick were to get angry and react to her accusations, he'd be allowing his wife, a person with a disease that destroys rational thinking and judgment, to determine his mood.
Reframing (rethinking) his relationship can help Nick accept that her dementia is speaking these accusatory words, not her. This releases Nick from interpreting what his wife says as a personal attack on him.
Another book, "A Dignified Life; the Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care: a Guide for Family Caregivers," by Virginia Bell and David Troxel, describes how caregivers can form new, maybe even better relationships.
It tells the story of a son who had a troublesome relationship with his father since childhood. Yet today, the son cares for his father full time and says they've never been closer. The father has forgotten much of his past his relationship with his son. The son has realized that he, too, can make the choice to let go of the past. Of course, the son never imagined he would be taking care of his father, a man whom he disliked for much of his life, but, "What's past is past," says the son.
When we learn to reframe a long standing loving relationship, or one with a troubled past, we're given an opportunity to let go of that which no longer serves us - most often, our negative thoughts. As a result, we may just find that we are more compassionate and accepting in our caring for others, and for ourselves.
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I have taken my Mother in my home to care for her in the last stages of Alzheimers. She is the sweetest, most loving human being, it will be the hardest thing I have ever done to lose her.
When my brother and I were young, my father was violent toward Mom. I laid in bed many nights listening to her crying, things crashing and her begging him to stop. One horrible day, my brother and I watched as he knocked her down and pointed a shot gun to her head.
I pray to God she suffers no pain.
My husband for nearly 59 years is doing well physically, but I fear the disease is getting ahead of me. We just moved from our carefully planned and built "retirement home" in which Ken declared he would only leave "feet first." We are among the many who live out their final years in "Assisted Living." The family has worked so hard both in packing up and calling in the movers. Now they are on the unpacking end. So much togetherness has opened their eyes to the reality of their Dad's condition. It has also opened my eyes to the depth of their love for him. I look at him, then I look at them and I think my heart will break. I am trying to redefine who I am. The man who has always taken care of me is gone. Now I am the caregiver and I'm not sure I know how to play this role.I will read and write in this blog as life unfolds in this new place, with these new people. He isn't Ken and I can't be Marian anymore. I hope I can be a stronger me. No more playing Little Girl Lost. - Marian
Then there's letting go of the future, too. Life is lived in the present and the present is all I can count on. Sometimes I find myself thinking what my lofe will be like when I am no longer caring for my husband who has Alzheimer's Disease and many other physical ailments due to a lifetime of diabetes-related complications. When I find myself slipping into that kind of thinking, I try to return to the present. Today is all I can count on. Whether it's a good day or not, I know I am better off not wishing away the present.
im so worried about my mum i know she is very depressed and think she is in early signs of alzheimer she is gone very angry and bitter she also repeats herself a lot and is getting very forgetful she wont let us take her to a doctor please help ps she also wont admit she is depressed
It was alomost as if I was reading my own life with my mother. I am 1 of 2 siblings (sis was murdered in 2010) so I am her only care giver. When I go to see her it is almost as if she is a child. I don't harbor any ill will toward her anymore because in her own way she did the best she knew how to with my sis and I. Right now she needs me and I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. I know you will have a great peace in your heart knowing that you were there. God Bless You !
My mom has very recently decided my dad her 24/7 caregiver is an imposter. How do we deal with the constant questions as to where her husband is? Do we continue to tell her he is right there with her even though she clearly will never believe that? It seems disingenuous to agree that he is gone and we don't know where he is. She is tormented that he is gone. Help?
Many current Alzheimer care facilities are a far cry from the "convalescent home" your father suffered. Please consider that even the strongest individual could be overwhelmed by your caring for two! Please, never forget that you too are due some life. Look into county help agencies for respite care options, a day facility for mom, or even the home of another family member or living facility. In the end, you will be carrying on the life your siblings could not, and you do deserve a chance to regather as you ponder how you wish to honor your family without losing yourself.
May GOD bless each and everyone of you who are willing to give up your lives so others can live.
The disease manifests itself so many ways caregivers have to adapt in multiple ways. Caring for my mother we actually became closer but it occurred after feelings of complete hopelessness and watching such a rapid decline.
I searched and found a specialized Alzheimer unit which allowed mom to be involved 24 hours a day, activities, activities and activities. It had a chapel where she attended Mass every day when she could.
She improved and declined at the same time.
Out of this 2 things still stick you have to separate the person from the disease and in the earlier stages my mom seemed to be pushing all my buttons like a caricature. so separating the disease from the person is critical.
there was always that irony that with the tragedy of the illness it also resulted in a bons we never had.
Throughout my childhood and much of my adult life,my relationship with my mother was quite strained.She suffered fron untreated depression. There were years of pain and therapy on my part.This may seem awful to anyone who reads this, but I believe the best and happiest years of her life were the 5 she had after being "diagnosed." During the early stages she began taking several meds.One was for depression which I believe she was unaware of.In a short amount of time she became a much happier person,the cruelty and abusiveness gone.Yes,she had the disease, but she became a pleasure to be around.A joy to visit.I will be honest that I will always remember the abuse and sadness I endured, but while caring - then visiting her,I looked at her-the way she was one day with this horrible disease,and I just gave it all up.The feeling that gave me had more power than she could ever have had over me, any counseling session,or magic pill could possibly have.The last week of her life was just so very sad.I, one of her 4 children who she had felt was always a failure,w ho never did anything right, never left her side. The others came and went-making excuses for not being able to deal with it-their choice.For the first time I felt close to her and that I finally understood her.Some may think of all those lost years where if her depression had been treated,our relationship could have been much better. My feelings are that in the end she gave me the gift of forgiveness that will conti
A new book out, "We Have Your Husband," by Jayne Garcia Valseca tells the story of her husband's kidnapping in Mexico and the unforgiveness she had over that, and then she found out she was in stage 4 breast cancer. She went to the Cancer Centers of America and while there, with a licensed medical counselor, she worked through her numerous issues of unforgiveness and she ended up beating cancer (unlike so many others). You can watch her story at the 700 club (CBN.com) where I saw it just last week. Just type in her name for a search and it will come up.
My husband and I have been married for 48 years, he was the love of my life. I say "was" because he's no longer the person I married except once in awhile he looks at me the way he used but more than likely he'll look at me with that awful look in his eyes that tells me it's not going to be a good day. I sure do miss the man I married.
Oh, being a Alzheimer's caregiver is THE hardest job anyone can imagine. I just didn't understand Ina's question. holding on to hurt from anyone only adds to stress. Survival of this caregiver depends the ability to let go, forgive and stay in the day. To much to handle....way to much to handle to do otherwise.
Being a caregiver is very difficult.
Ina, question what is holding on to hurt increasing my caregivers stress?
Good points about dealing with today and now rather than memories and yesterday. Forgiveness truly is one of the most powerful actions we can take. And freely forgiving can significantly decrease caregiver stress.
Is Holding On To Hurt Increasing My Caregiver Stress?
Oh Amy thats your key, You wake up feeling blessed that he is still alive. Learn the best way you can to stay in the day. The future is unknown for all of us, with or without Alzheimers. Our lives are staying in the moment and embrace that day, and if your lucky enough for it to be a good day, that becomes the best. And if it's a bad day .....well it's over and let it go (easier said than done I know) All I know is that I can't stop or fix this progression of cruelty.......but I will try my darnest not to let what's left and good be rob from me. For me I don't look ahead ......wouldn't get out of bed if I did. So I stay in today because that's where I am :)
The most difficult part is knowing that its not going to get better.I cannot stand the thought of my Dad not being able to remember who I am one day.It truly breaks my heart in two.I wake up feeling blessed that he is alive.I fear the unknown future.
Wow, these comments are all over the place. Insightful, heartbreaking and complex. Alzheimer victims are a team. The victim and it's caretaker. And my heart breaks for those not driven by love but commentment to what's the "right thing to do".....oh my that's even a harder road to say the least.
We (caregivers) live in the moment and the situation. We have an exhaustive task before us but we are human and it's hard not to want the person we first fell in love with raised our children with, our friend and lover. As this disease progress we learn that hard fact that's not to be and I for one am sad for us. But we live in the moment and we handle, react and care for these victims of an ugly dreaded disease. Good days or bad they are our days. And truly only those that walk it can understand it.
I applaud us all because we do .....
Apparently she knows you as a loving and kind person and responds to that. How fortunate you are! So many respond in the opposite way to loving spouses. I am sure you are very familiar to her and you really can't ask for anything more.
Fortunately my wife< an Alzheimer patient for sixteen years, has been constantly loving and kind. It has helped me develop what would be called an "agape love" for her although I wonder if she even knows or recognizes me any longer.
I need some input or suggestions of how to handle moving. My husband doesn't want to get rid of old stuff in the garage that is of no use and it a pretty big amont of stuff that is not going to fit in the moving truck. He is done well about having to move until this point. I don't think he can handle this.
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Please go on the website www.alzheimerspouse.com and you will get good advice. Remember you are not alone in all this. There are meds dr. can prescribe to keep your husband's anger levels manageable. Just remember they can't reason anymore so there is no point in disagreeing. You will have to learn other ways of communicating. Good Luck.
I am one of those did not have a great marriage, even though we have been together for 57 years. He has had "dementia" for about 12 years. he is declining of course and getting more irritable every month.He gets VERY angry at the slightest disagreement. He can still go in the workshop and do few things.He can still hold a reasonable "somewhat" conversation. He has pushed me a few times. I just wondered if anyone else has had this problem. He doesn't seem bad enough for a home. When do we know it is time?
You are not alone. I think you will find the website www.thealzheimerspouse.com very supportive with members who share your loveless marriage.
It is hard to say what "stage" my mother is in. There have been so many. Yesterday, for the first time, she did not know who I was, even when prompted. I am her older child and she has loved both of us dearly for our entire lives. I feel very fortunate in that way. She lives in a memory care facility nearby and needs help with everything, including toileting, hygiene, etc. I visit her several times a week, at a minimum. Although I've always known that the day was rapidly approaching when she would not recognize me, now that it has happened, I am devastated. One of the hardest parts of loving someone with this disease is the constant state of grief and loss in which I find myself. I think that will be true until she finally stops breathing. Maybe then I will be able to move through my loss and move on with my life, which has basically stood still for the last few years as she has declined.
My relationship with my husband deteriorated years ago but for economic reasons I cannot get a divorce (he has nothing; I would lose my own assets). Though he has had an Alzheimer's diagnosis for only 18 months, I now realize the situation arose several years ago - yet still after the marriage was irreparably broken. Now I live in a difficult situation with someone I can't stand most of the time. Support groups and most resources are not of value to me because there seems to be the sense that there is a loving relationship as a foundation. There isn't and I wonder how many others deal with this situation - a thought addressed earlier in this series of postings. I try to be positive when I can, enjoy having a demanding job (though I am beyond retirement age) and find challenging and enjoyable activities to do. I'm doing great and with the support of friends and my children, I'll get through this.
Thank you for commenting on my comment regarding wife and her suspicion. I was aware of this and happy that yyou as a professional agreed that my comments were positive. Life is so very hard. Thank you
My husband is only 67 and I am 62- he has Parkinson's and Alzheimer's - and my heart aches for the loss of my husband and friend of 42 years! I do have to let go of the past, and rethink the present. I've never read the comments here before, but today I learned a lot about myself. I am a good "reframer" in other areas of life, so I know I can do it. It's just that I'm still having difficulty accepting this new role. I don't have anyone to talk to about my feelings. We have four grown daughters who are very attentive - but when I talk to them -they get emotional and cry, but they don't understand. It's diffiuclt for us all. Thank you for the opportunity to express myself.
Becky I understand your June comment, I believe people are afraid of Alzheimers patients. Our friends have now become aquaintances, if they see us outside may stop if driving by to say hi. But we no longer go to lunch, dinner, or each others house. I understand I guess that everyone wants to live social lives full but I don't understand why we forget those that we thought so much of before the illness. These friends you hope will help you a bit just to come and sit and talk to the Alzheimers person/my husband. But it is what it is and we move on. I have found that my husband and I no longer have a personnel relationship, it is me not him. I have lost the desire as I have now become the provider and caregiver. When the issue of incontenance hits it does change that desire sorry to say. But still feel the heart and love for him it that wrong?
Sometimes honesty cuts like a knife, I am caring for my older brother and we have never been close...for alot of reasons but now hearing somone else talk about that it is not just the relationship of caregiver that you love deeply but sometimes it is the role of the cergiver to take care of someone you may not be so close to, but nonetheless it is your duty as a sibling.Thank you for giving a voice to someone like me caring for somone I barely know and yet care for on a daily basis.
Imight be able to love myself more and in turn give better care to my brother,wow.
Thank you all for your comments. We are not alone! I have learned so much thru this blog. "He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love" (MLK) is one of many helpful quotes that can make us caregivers strong.
To Merle I would say yes, it is a mystery why our mates or family members suddenly seem to be getting better. With nothing other than a small dose of Haliperidol and a small dose of Zoloft daily, my 81 year old husband went from a suspicious accusing aggressive paranoid scary man to a completely different person! Other medications only gave him more hallucinations and nightmares - I don't mind the shadowing part at times and the "tall tales" he tells, among other strange but safe activities. I wonder if it is me who has made the most changes in adapting to the "new normal"!
Learning to forgive, to love more, to sacrifice yet reserve time to keep my own sanity, to have patience, and to just live day to day with prayer and faith in a loving God is becoming easier. My husband of 58 years walks slowly due to a knee problem, he is very tired, longs for company, and has to be waited on, but the difference in his demeaner within the past few months is like night and day! Is it the medicine or is it my reaction to his behavior!!! Here is another quote:"Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again." (FPJones). My reactions to AlZ behavior changes h
Thank you. Understanding and accepting that our loved ones have changed forever is very difficult to bear, especially when a loving partner becomes suspicious, and delusional, and your lifelong gentle and loving soulmate becomes aggressive toward you, while accusing you of being abusive. I know now that my biggest mistake was trying to reach him on some level, but this is no longer the person I knew and trying to talk only results in agitation. I am now also dealing with a parent, with whom I did not have a good relationship growing up. It is so true that you must let go of the past and not let this illness define you. Once you accept that is dementia speaking and not the person you knew, you are more able to effectively deal with the situation. this is much easier said than done. One must detach from the past and live in the present. It helps tremendously to hear other peoples stories.
Two and a half years, plus, ago Mom was diagnosed with Alzheimers, this is a dreadful disease which comes along at night and steals another brain cell, however over the last 3 months she is actually getting better - I was watching her and it seemed that the medicine which was prescribed for her was either too strong or just incorrect. I called the doctor and he visited her and the dosage on some of the medication was drastically reduced and another of the pills was taken away completely. Mom got ill and in October we really thought it was nearly her time to go, the doctor however gave her heart meds and it seems since then she has picked up and perked up - she would not talk and is now talking again and she would not eat unless we gave her ice cream or smooth food which we put through a processor, and then she would close her mouth to food she did not like. I really do feel that there has been a huge improvement in her health and she is attempting to walk again after she has been in a wheelchair for over 8 months - this last bit frightens me as I am afraid she may fall and really get hurt but if you just take her back to a chair or where she was in a calm manner, she is fine. I have mastered change as she needs it and I just love Mom as she is, I dont expect anything of her and I am never disappointed -she even remembers to tell me she loves me when we say goodnight, I can really see a huge improvement I dont know what did it. I hope someone out there can shed some light.
Thanks Martha. I appreciate the warm thoughts.
When caring for a family member who has dementia, it is impossible to have the same relationship as before. In some cases that is good, in others it is sad. The dementia patient cannot change their thinking because their brain has changed. So for our peace of mind, it is necessary for the caregiver to re-think their relationship. It takes so much mental effort, but there is no alternative. No one can understand this unless they are going through it or have gone through it. The more you let things go, the easier it will be on you, the caregiver. But it is hardly easy. Nothing is easy about it. Keep in touch with those who understand, not former friends who do not have a clue. If we 'let it go' then we are not robbed of precious energy we need to take care of our responsibility. It's tough dealing with family who don't understand. But if we just do what we know is right, we won't have any regrets.
I started to write earlier today but was interrupted. Now I want to write but I am influenced by the other comments. He is my husband, my lover, my friend and now my child and my responsibility. I must re-think every day, several times. He wants to help with chores but has so many health issues he cannot. The one thing I cannot help is the way "friends" have turned their back on us. Oh, yes, they are cordial but they no longer call, visit,or show their friendship.
Was reading about the relationship between caregiver and patient. I have been caring for my mother-in-law for two and half years. I was never close to her before, i think it makes it easier on me to care for her because i don't have deep caring feelings for her. If I did I would probably in tears all the time. I treat her good but I am just not close. She never treated me like a couple of the other daughter-in-laws. She has always had the idea that her sons were perfect and when they divorce their wifes it was the wifes fault. I told my ex-sis-in-law they could shot us between the eyes and we would have asked for it.
My heart breaks for all the grief being suffered by caregivers. My prayers are with you. My 76 year old 'boyfriend' (stage 4/5)of 16 years has become paranoid, aggressive & threatening, accusing me of other men which he 'sees' coming into my house (He lives 1 door down). He refuses to take his meds. Per advice of social worker I got a petition to have the police take him to the hospital but he was so 'normal' there they released him. The dementia side is mild/passive. The paranoid side is mean, able to plan and says he is going to get me. Hard to re-frame this.
Mom has past away andI am left with a shattered relationship with my brothers because they did NOT question Mom's dementia or talk with me, while I cared for her for 17 yrs. Mom had serious problems, but now, I am torn apart over the lack of honest communication within my family. I loved Mom and I learned how to deal with her on a one-to-one, day-by-day manner, while I did not know what she was like when she spent time with my brothers and they did not learn what her problems were because they were not interested and preferred to believe her attacks against me. I tried to talk to them about her behaviour, but they wouldn't talk to me at all, so now, 3 yrs. past her death, I have lost my extended family in the cruelest way,...in our own 'golden years'!I don't know what to do, but am going to make one last try to relate to them without bad-mouthing Mom. Her probelms and their mistakes shouldn't be dwelled upon, but we'll see what happens,...wish me luck, please?
My husband is like a 2 year old, he wears a bib, I help him with his toilet, tell him how to undress, give him showers and whatever else I can do to help him since on the 6th of June we will be married 58 years. No he isn't the man I married but he tells me many times a day he loves me and when he does things to make me cry as a child he promises not to do it again. This is a 24/7 day job. He likes to go to Church and almost all know what is wrong and he is treated with love by them and they talk to him. We read the Bible together, he stumbles over the words sometimes but will look and I help him. After all this is what love is, taking care and helping those we love to the best of our ability. I have papers on file with the VA and when they call we will have to take him there as I don't know what I would do if he was bed fast as I wouldn't be able to do much as I have a bad back. So many pray for us and it is greatly appreciated. Yes some days he is my shadow but I have learned to tell him all that I am doing and why, does he under stand probably not but at least he listens.
Are there any studies being done in which Alzheimer patients can participate? Should my sister be seeing a specialist instead of her family GP?
I am living with my mother who is in the mid-stages of Alzheimer'. My mother loved my 2 younger brothers but always resented me from the moment I was born. She never took the time or energy to get to know me. Now my 1 brother has died from Huntington's Chorea and I am now caring for the youngest brother who is 48 and in the final stages of Huntingtons Disease. My mother resents that I have had to move in and become my brother's Conservator as she is no longer capable of caring for him. She is angry, mean and downright vicious toward me. She has become paranoid that I am against her and out to take what little money she has left. My brother has severe dementia and his throat is closing up. My mother believes that I am starving him because I will not allow her to feed him like before. I am 53 and have made a commitment to care for both of them until they pass. My father had Huntington's Disease and suffered many abuses at Convelescent Homes. I swore no one I loved would ever go through that kind of pain again. Now dealing with my mother's illness and all that anger I find myself reverting back to the 12 year old she despised. She tells me it should have been me that was stricken with Huntingtons and not her precious sons and that she should be living my life and I should suffer hers. Her words go right through to the core of me and I do not respond appropriately. I am going to purchase these books and appreciate the information, therapy has only helped alittle. Im dying inside.
My Mom is entering the final phase of Alzheimer's. We had to move her to an Alzheimer's care home a few years ago --- for her own safety and protection. More often she is becoming a 2 to 4 year old (mentally).
I have learned many things during the last several years. One of which is that the disease is turning my Mom into a different person. Thank goodness she is remaining good natured at least 98% of the time.
One thing I have had to accept is that our relationship has changed because of what Alzheimer's is doing to her brain. She is changing, not by her choice. So, to continue to take good care of Mom, I must accept how the disease has changed her and how that is changing our mother/daughter relationship.
Whether a person is a loving caregiver or just a friend or just someone caring for some with Alzheimer's, if that person cannot adjust with the changes that come with the disease, then how can they really be a good caregiver? How can they really take good care of the individual?
For Betty --- remember how Alzheimer's works and how it affects their brains. On any given day my Mom can be a "good child" or a "bad child". She can change in an instant. That is just part of the disease.
I am lucky in some ways. My husband is like a child, but not in everything he does. His speech has been affected, he only makes noises. I have to constantly tell myself he is not the man I married. I have learned not to argue, or disagree, or raise my voice. This only upsets him. So I make him smile which makes me smile. I tell myself this could be, and probably will be one day, worse. I am lucky he doesn't want to go outside. But as I said, he is not the man I married...that man was gone a couple of years ago. I don't try to teach him anything, I try to teach myself.
Deb's comment about "mother behavior" brings up a question I would like addressed. How does a person with dementia change their behavior in different situations? My Dad acts like a "bad child" with me but will be a "good boy" at the Dr.'s office or in front of non-relatives.
"Rethinking" a relationship is tricky. You could look at the person who is belittling you, calling you names, and being totally unappreative of you and say this is not the person I knew in the past, so why am I taking care of him? As with most things in life you must operate in a blending of past and present. It 's not an either or situation. It is so hard to separate the words that are being flung at you from this person. The loving Dad I had has become this ogre. I take care of him because of the memory of the Dad that took care of me. If I "rethink" the relationship I would not want to care for this guy! If they have changed from bad to good then "rethinking" would definitly work otherise, not so much.
My dad's wife (my stepmother) left my father because their relationship was not good to begin with and she could not handle the paranoia and other changes. Her expectations of him did not change despite the disease changing what he could do. Unfortunately she fed into paranoia by trying to get him to change his will and talking to others behind his back. She would have benefited from these books!
My parents are both battling Alzheimers and watching this is the hardest thing imaginable. I have dealt best with the situation in the realization that these are two new people, these are just shells of my parents and now I have renamed them, I call my father Bing as he wears a hat like Bing Crosby and my mom is Betty just because the two names go well. Betty and Bing behave like children where my parents never would have, pushing, shoving, wanting everything first and now, like a two year old that believes the world revolves around them. Just embracing the fact that the parents I once knew are gone, and these new people are in their places has helped me emmensely
In the past, I could do absolutely nothing right. Now (unless we are in the presence of other people in public and my mom reverts to her "mother behavior") I can do nothing wrong. It is very healing in many, many ways.
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