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Moment of Being Overwhelmed with WHY?
Please no advice! Just a listening ear is what I need. I am sitting at a Panera alone with an iced tea. I fled our home—literally—-a bit ago because I could not take another moment of being in the pr…1 -
Trigger warnings
Hi all, yesterday my LO with stage 4-5 received a late payment bill and spent 3 hours going through his papers and swearing he paid the bill even when there had been no check written or recorded. I h…4 -
End of life?
Me and my brother are both helping to care for my grandad, my nan too and he has carers come in multiple times a day because it's a lot for us to deal with. He's recently stopped breathing, or strugg…1 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (203)
Thanks, Carl! We had a lot of thunder, lightning, and heavy rain, but no tornadoes, thankfully. And we kept power. Things are pretty quiet now.1 -
Re: Feeling So Sad 11
my wife has the patience of an angle , she has about 8 necklaces all bunched up and has been trying to seperste today for over 4 hours straight. Not very successful but still trying.1 -
Re: When to move to memory care
contact with you all is already helping. She and I shared everything and now it’s like I already lost her. It helps so much to connect, even in writing.1 -
Re: Cost of Memory Care
We put mom in Al having been told by Al that they accept Medicaid. Turns out they accept it but family has to pay the balance. I started looking at Al facilities that truly accept Medicaid and it was…4 -
Navigating Alzheimer’s Risk While Caring for Both Kids & a Parent—How Are You Coping?
Hi everyone, I’m in my 40s, raising kids, and also caring for a parent with Alzheimer’s. My mom has APOE4 x2. Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about what this means for my own future—both emotionally…1 -
Re: The Velveteen Rabbit
I like this very much but the words somehow got blurry toward the end..2 -
The Velveteen Rabbit
I posted this a long while back, but most of the people here now are new, so I thought it would be a good time to repost. When we were married, almost 46 years ago, the priest added this reading to o…9
Commonly Used Abbreviations
DH = Dear Husband
DW= Dear Wife, Darling Wife
LO = Loved One
ES = Early Stage
EO = Early Onset
FTD = Frontotemporal Dementia
VD = Vascular Dementia
MC = Memory Care
AL = Assisted Living
POA = Power of Attorney
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