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Re: Grief Counseling: Yay or Nay?
I highly recommend grief counseling. I’ve done it twice. Once after my first husband died, and I took my mom after my dad died. Definitely beneficial for me (and my mom). Most communities here have n…1 -
Re: Grief Counseling: Yay or Nay?
I found counseling to be beneficial after my sibling died. I'd say go for it. Cautionary note though: You said it would be "Free…via her health insurance." If you used a deceased perso…1 -
Re: Grief Counseling: Yay or Nay?
I am so sorry for your loss. You are still in the very early days of grief. For myself, at three months, I was just beginning to emerge from the numbness that had engulfed me. I lost my husband in Ja…2 -
Re: Trying to help primary caregiver
- https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/257983#Comment_257983 hmmm…. I can clean up the various rooms, but she is very insistent on being the one to cook. Even if I ordered food she'd insi…1 -
Re: Guilt lingers where love was poured without measure...
I struggle constantly with what I guess would be called guilt. It is those constant thoughts of what I feel I should have done differently, better or never done at all. I know that I did the best I k…2 -
Re: Progressing too fast
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/257640#Comment_257640 thank you. Yes, it’s a geriatric psych. She’s on lexapro and remeron. I’m hoping they can tweak the dose. I feel so bad for her. I wi…1 -
Re: Progressing too fast
Your poor Mama— it's so hard for us to deal with dementia behaviors and it must be especially painful to have it and get treated unfairly because of her roomies disease progression. Pondering, t…3 -
Progressing too fast
It’s been awhile since I posted. My mom, 73, has been in MC for over a year. This past month she went from being okay to almost completely mute. No UTI. Her suite mate was her security/friend. But sh…1 -
Re: Long Winding, Descending Road
I think the circumstances of every death is different and therefore every funeral ( or no funeral) is different. Our son died unexpectedly at 31. We put the obit in three papers. Two close to us, one…1 -
Long Winding, Descending Road
Hello: For 5 yrs. I am a primary caregiver living with 93 yr mother who has multiple health issues, vascular dementia (VaD) and on Hospice for several months. I believe the end of the road is near. I…1
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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