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24§7 55:3.1" During this age of light and life the world increasingly prospers under the fatherly rule of the Planetary Sovereign. By this time the worlds are progressing under the momentum of one language, one religion, and, on normal spheres, one race. But this age is not perfect. These worlds still have well-appointed hospitals, homes for the care of the sick. There still remain the problems of caring for accidental injuries and the inescapable infirmities attendant upon the decrepitude of old age and the disorders of senility. Disease has not been entirely vanquished, neither have the earth animals been subdued in perfection; but such worlds are like Paradise in comparison with the early times of primitive man during the pre-Planetary Prince age. You would instinctively describe such a realm—could you be suddenly transported to a planet in this stage of development—as heaven on earth."

definition of Alzheimer's:
"medical disorder causing dementia: a degenerative disorder that affects the brain and causes dementia, especially late in life "


Baby Boomers are facing the age related problems of their parents in increasing numbers. I'm one of them. It is a problem that can quickly take over your life. And when dealing with your parent's dementia and their slow decline towards death, it almost seems God's mercy was granted to Jesus because he didn't live long enough to face these problems in himself or his mother.

I'm struggling to understand dementia in my mother. Right now, she is almost normal. I'm thankful for that, but only a little over a month ago she was depressed, hallucinating, suffering from delusions and at times could barely speak. She ended up at UCI Neuropsychiatric Clinic. She was diagnosed with mixed dementia, a condition in which Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia occur at the same time.

As of this date my mom has made a spectacular recovery. She is in an assisted living situation (very expensive) in the Alzheimer's section because of the recommendation from UCI. She really doesn't belong there at this time and I want to have her re-evaluated. She seems better than ever, even better than the dark period leading up to her admittance to UCI. She seems bright, alert and normal, whips her husband at checkers... she has no outward sign of dementia.

I don't believe I'm in denial of my mom's disease, I'm just trying to figure out what is going on. I've seen consistent improvement in her since about a week before her release from UCI. It has been an upward trend in her condition ever since.

Does anyone have any experience with this disease? Please help me in my understanding.
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Light and Life,
Reverend Beam