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Re: Nights are the worst...
Thanks for responding Carl46. I do understand I need to sleep for my own health and sanity but I'm concerned he won't do well in a MC facility at this point. He is still able to dress himself, feed h…3 -
Re: Ups and downs toward the end
I’m so sorry. It’s so hard to watch them suffer. I would definitely talk to the hospice nurse. There is no reason for her to be crying. 🙏💜2 -
Re: Hypersexuality
Same here. I can't walk through a room without him stopping me to "hug". So far not aggressive but persistent. Just wondering how long this will last? Is it just while in the middle stages …2 -
Re: Hypersexuality
Having similar issues with sex. DH is always teasing about it. If I say I have to shower, he makes a sexual comment... I feel like he is constantly taking any subject and referring to having sex. We …2 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (203)
I feel cranky this a.m. Last night, in the hotel, the people next door were LOUD - till almost 1 a.m. It wasn't music; it was fighting or partying or simply loud talking. I went to the wall and bange…1 -
I did what I said I wouldn’t
After 60 years of marriage and in year 15 of caregiving I always have said I would never wipe my DH’s royal hiney. That never day came with you know what on the bathroom floors, toilet seat, etc. and…13 -
outings
Is it helpful or harmful to take the person for a ride or to a relatives home for a few hours when the person with dementia wants to "get out of here". Will returning to the facility be eve…1 -
Re: Showboating?
I find that others don’t usually understand our loved one’s limitations. So when they talk about how they are working on this or that or have plans to xyz, unless these things are way out in left fie…4 -
Re: Showboating?
I find the showtiming is very hard to deal with emotionally. I thought HB description of Christmas lights was really helpful and it explains why sometimes my DH thinks I'm his sister and out of the b…1 -
Financial crisis in the making part 2
I had posted here a couple of weeks ago. You are all so wonderful to have given me advice, which I am following through on as well as I am able. My dh is not able to make sensible decisions about mon…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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