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Anger Issues with mom and losing caregivers
My mom is 89 years old with moderate Alzheimer's and Binswanger disease. She lives with my step-dad (they have been married over 50 years) who also was just diagnosed. I live 250 miles away and …1 -
Re: Incontinence?
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/257901#Comment_257901 Thank you. I just really thought it was "Normal" to become urinary incontinent before fecal incontinent… But I know there i…2 -
Incontinence?
My mom has VD and ALZ. For a while, I would say she would go to the bathroom frequently, wear pads, and we kind of determined this was because she was afraid of having an accident and having trouble …1 -
Facing a Diagnosis this Week
I am meeting with our neurologist this Thursday along with my husband. I have already heard from this doctor that my husband's recent scan is positive and is consistent with Alzheimers. It indic…3 -
Re: Just when you think your loved one is no longer able to understand....
Thank you all for your beautiful replies. We all share the love, the pain, and the wish that things had been different. I can't imagine how I will get through to the end, but for him I will do w…7 -
Re: Just when you think your loved one is no longer able to understand....
…wow, such a crushing moment. I think it’s ok that you cried. Beautiful gut wrenching description- they are still here, we are still here, a deep visceral moment only decades of love and devotion can…4 -
Re: Can't remember my DW pre-dementia
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/74455/cant-remember-my-dw-pre-dementia I am so sorry that you are feeling this way. Your path was almost exactly the same timing as my dear wife. She left us in Au…5 -
Re: Hubby in MC wants to come home. Help!
good idea but about the room won’t work. He doesn’t like his room. The place he is in is brand new building. Beautiful. But I will try asking what he misses at home see where it goes. Thx1 -
Re: I wonder if I am seeing things not there
Hi. I understand your situation, ad your feelings, completely. I am experiencing the very same things with my wife of 50 years. It is the reason I am here. (And this is my very first reply / post.) Y…2 -
Re: I wonder if I am seeing things not there
My wife reacted strongly to reflections of herself and others in windows, mirrors, television screen. I finally put a window covering over windows, sliding glass doors, windows in doors and removed a…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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