Have any questions about how to use the community? Check out the Help Discussion.

Popular Posts

  • 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…
  • 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.
  • 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…
  • 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 soon
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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 …
  • Re: Well Meaning Friends

    https://alzconnected.org/discussion/74540/well-meaning-friends I appreciate your final line of this post. I envy it as well. I am still having a hard time accepting my DH’s disease and the changes be…
  • Well Meaning Friends

    My husband is losing memories. It’s funny, how we’ll be at a dinner party, or run into old friends at the supermarket, and he tells them he is getting forgetful. In most cases, they immediately respo…
  • Re: $300 speaker

    my DW’s wedding rings disappeared a few months ago. Searched thru the house several times & couldnt find them. Then one day she came down the stairs happily wearing the ring. Dont know where she …

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
Read more