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Re: How to reduce phone calls and text messages
Could you clarify, is it the notification, or the quantity, or both? If it is the notification, you can go to your address book and select her name. From there, you can change the sound that is made …1 -
Re: Anyone able to keep alzheimer spouse home until death
I was able to have my husband at home until he died. It took outside help. A few hours per week at first…then 24/7…than hospice. Do have your plan B in place now in case you need it.3 -
Re: Anyone able to keep alzheimer spouse home until death
My best friend and I, both now widowed, kept our spouses with AD at home until they could no longer walk. They then went to memory care where they could receive better care than we could provide. Oth…5 -
Re: Anyone able to keep alzheimer spouse home until death
My spouse and I are a few years younger, but in the same situation. I've found some help to start coming next week. Up until now, I've been able to leave him alone for a couple hours at a time. I hop…2 -
Re: Lonliness when caring for a spouse with ALZ/dementia
I agree completely, this is a very lonely road. I feel lucky to have an adult child nearby, but he is still in his 20's and in graduate school. I don't want him burdened with the full weight of what …5 -
Re: Anyone able to keep alzheimer spouse home until death
I was able to keep my DW at home though to stage 8. The last 18 months I hired a woman and paid her $500 per week and room & board. Her task was to keep the house, I took care of my DW. The helpe…13 -
Re: Lonliness when caring for a spouse with ALZ/dementia
There are many things that I feel like I can't share with my adult kids too. That makes me feel like I am not being completely honest with them but I also feel like as a parent my responsibility is t…5 -
Re: Premonition of Memory Care Move
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/247948#Comment_247948 How ironic. My DW has been in MC for 3 months now. She also piles things on her bed, there, planning to "go home", meaning …2 -
Re: Premonition of Memory Care Move
A while back I started touring MC facilities. My DW had no idea. I have never mentioned the subject in her presence. Recently, out of the blue, DW will hug me and say "I want to stay with you&qu…2 -
Re: Lonliness when caring for a spouse with ALZ/dementia
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/247178#Comment_247178 Please, God, let me be grateful for the sound of my husband's voice today, for the lucid moments, for the love he constantly displays…8
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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