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Re: Simple technology for ederly
Thank you so much for this! I have been struggling for a long time with the TV and my mom, same exact situation. Any help with a phone situation would be helpful also! She does have a medical alert b…1 -
Grief Counseling: Yay or Nay?
My beautiful Mom transitioned this past August. I miss her every single day. It's painful, actually, and I know only a couple of months have passed, but time is not healing. Every day without he…1 -
Re: Am l really losing her now?
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/257826#Comment_257826 Thanks, WC. I appreciate your kind words. Each of us has a distinct path we are on with this disease. I guess I’m just needing to sha…8 -
Queen of my Castle ?
Long Rant Sorry I’m waiting to be that “Queen of my castle, Large and in charge”. - reference to Bill’s wonderful essay a few years back! Right now I feel in charge of nothing - playing heat police o…14 -
Re: $300 speaker
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/257788#Comment_257788 ouch! That’s a big one. I feel worse for you now than for myself.2 -
Am l really losing her now?
My DW is 72. She was diagnosed MCI 12 years ago. The last two weeks things are changing. She asks if I’m her husband, sometimes with a frightened look on her face and sometimes with an embarrassed lo…11 -
I'm in the moderately severe stagr
So far I am doing okay Memory is disappearing I'm getting ready to sell my house while I still have my witts about me I will.move into the care center sometime soon14 -
Re: What do you to talk about with your LOs?
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/74496/what-do-you-to-talk-about-with-your-los My DH always complains that he's loosing the ability to speak because he doesn't speak with anybody for day…2 -
Re: Early onset at age 60
I am so sorry for your situation. My spouse says the same thing. But when I pose that question to him to get his opinion on something he has a hard time remembering how we did something before that w…1 -
Re: $300 speaker
I hear you loud and clear. Vent away! My DH has “misplaced, lost, tossed or otherwise disappeared”two pair of glasses in two months. It is getting expensive. This time I got him a glasses neck strap …3
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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