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  • Re: $300 speaker

    Vent all you like! My DM gave away a beautiful expensive camera, case and lens to a worker who was replacing the stumps under our house!!!! 🤬
  • Re: $300 speaker

    I’m sorry about your speaker! Your post is a great heads up for me to be aware of what could happen. I’m learning so much but have a long road ahead.
  • Re: Dogs and Alzheimer’s

    https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/257714#Comment_257714 We have a Schnoodle too, adopted him in ‘21. He is a great companion for my DH, but the full responsibility falls on me and others wh…
  • 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 LO one is also Alzheimer’s 4-5. Our problem is he talks all day to himself. He also talks all night so I sleep in …
  • Re: Possible diagnosis

    https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/257747#Comment_257747 My wife began to suspect that people knew about her diagnosis, regardless of my assurances they did not. This led to her believing th…
  • Re: Quick question

    My DW shadowing comes and goes. On her bad days she could care less about being around me. On her good days she is shadowing me. Her bad days are rough all around, so I'm happy to have the shado…
  • Re: Quick question

    I'm another that it has not diminished. We are on our 2nd sitter and hoping she will have some success bonding with him. At the dentist this week and they had to bring him back into the room to …
  • Re: Quick question

    my guess is that in some cases, the shadowing may disappear. I have endured it with DW for eight years with no sign at all of diminishing. For me, it's the main reason why I want to get her into…
  • $300 speaker

    my DW threw away a nice Bose speaker while taking out the trash. I know there’s nothing I can do about it now. Just venting.
  • Re: SLUMS got me in a slump

    @psg712, that was a sweet setup for your mil. THAT is what I would like. For starters, I would be content with 1 day per week. I envision I could spend that day at home, anxiety-free, knowing that I …

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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