<human>: My 88 year old mother in late stages of alzheimers and unable to verbally communicate most of the time has arthritis in her hands and right shoulder. I give her a tylenol every other day and she is more relaxed in those areas and not squeezing her hands so tightly. Would it be better to give her asprin or tylenol arthritis?
<bot>: Hi, thank you for providing a brief history of your mother. Well as you mentioned she is 88 we need to see her as more of an ageing degenerative change in her body. I will always recommend to not undergo self-medication as it might not be safe, so for medication take an experts' advice. Now talking to her Alzheimer's disease and pain you need to look for a physical therapist who will use some therapeutic ultrasound therapy and some gradual slow passive movements which will help muscle move and will get ease of the pain.