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Re: Who am I?
Losing yourself when you’re a caregiver is common feeling. You are grieving what you’ve lost and what will never be. It helped me to stop thinking of my DH as my spouse and companion and to think of …4 -
Re: Who am I?
I have been where you are and some days I’m right back there again. I frustrate myself. I miss who my husband was and I think right now, I miss me more. I also think of my DH more in terms of him bei…7 -
Re: Tests and medications
clenno My wife is late stage 6 and goes a few days of not wanting to eat. At first I tried talking her into it and then when that didn't work I would feed her and she would eat even though she didn't…1 -
Caregiver
I want to be my dad’s caregiver and get paid for it. He only has Medicare. Any suggestions?2 -
Going on nine years
I am outside of my church that I go to every time I see my mom at the nursing home. It's the only way I can see her and not want to escape into my old ways of addiction. She has a rash now on her fac…4 -
Tests and medications
Here is a philosophical question for everyone to ponder. As healthy human beings, we all do what we can to insure as long of a life that we can have. We eat right, we exercise, we take supplements. W…3 -
Re: Tests and medications
I posted a short note last night and have been thinking about this thread a lot today. I was looking through the clinical stages definitions today and think my DH is probably late 4 early 5. Maybe fu…2 -
How to get LO into assisted living
DW is in late stage six, with complications of paranoia, panic attacks, tachycardia, separation anxiety and is highly likely to have a complete meltdown upon being admitted to memory care or assisted…2 -
Re: Tests and medications
I'll jump in. My husband has VD, has had 3 strokes, atherosclerosis, emphysema, 3 aortic aneurysms, osteoperosis, multiple health issues. We are on palliative care, basically treating symptoms not fi…8 -
Re: Downsizing with Dementia
I made a big move almost 4 years ago now after my DH was officially diagnosed with Alz. I moved from Ohio to Texas to be near our daughter and family. Yes it kept me very busy and helped to deal with…5
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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