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Re: A Fall
Sending you a hug Cindy 🧡 - it is so difficult not being able to plan for the next upcoming behavior change. You are handling your circumstances with grace and love even if it didn't feel like …5 -
Re: A Fall
Well, that sure was fun. Four hours in the emergency room - 1 waiting fine and getting an xray; 2 hours chasing her inside the hospital with her increasingly agitated (me too); 1 hour chasing her ins…11 -
Denial
My dh was diagnosed last year. He is in denial that he has Alzheimer’s or I should say he thinks he is getting better. If you try to talk to him about it he just gets angry and I am a b. Not a nice w…3 -
Re: The pain of living with ALZ
Thanks everyone. One of things I love and hate about this forum is that it's one of the few places where we can go that everyone understands what we're going through. If only to feel a litt…4 -
Re: A Fall
I hear ya, ghphotog. I feel so utterly unequipped for this stage. I wanted so badly to keep her at home until the end, but the falling is something I’m not sure I can handle. Damnit.3 -
Re: SAD/Angry/SAD/Guilt/SAD
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/258292#Comment_258292 Thank you for these kind words of encouragement - I needed them especially today. And I fear Stage six is just around the corner.3 -
SAD/Angry/SAD/Guilt/SAD
I have read this situation here but have never experienced it myself until recently: My DH is stage 5 VD and some days cannot dress himself. He has a son, daughter and stepdaughter from a previous ma…5 -
Re: new to group but not to dementia
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/258283#Comment_258283 Thank you, Lori, I am sorry that you are going through it too. Thank you for the advice. I try to stay out of the way when he starts …2 -
Re: new to group but not to dementia
My dh gets angry at times to. I to am not sure what to do. All I can say is take time for yourself and take care of yourself.3 -
Re: Mom is about to be homeless, how do we decide what to do?
Thanks all for the comments so far. I guess I should not be surprised at the unanimous agreement toward placing her in a MC facility. Now that I am reviewing the DBAT again, she may only be in Stage …2
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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