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Re: What do you to talk about with your LOs?
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/257422#Comment_257422 How very nicely worded. We have found watching sports to be quality time together activity. While I have to explain referee calls and…3 -
Re: What do you to talk about with your LOs?
@shiawase12 It's hard. Caregivers lose the intimacy of being able to share back and forth with an equal partner whether it's a decision about home remodeling, the news of the world, an insi…4 -
Re: What do you to talk about with your LOs?
Ah, you described my dilemma exactly. My DH abhors games of any kind, always has. He was a craftsman, loved doing things with his hands. He was an outdoorsman, rock climbing, hiking, mountain biking,…2 -
Re: Memory Care + Aide - Make it make sense
I am so sorry. This is awfully hard on all counts. Thank you for posting about this. I can imagine this scenario coming up for my family, and it is helpful to know what that might look like. Cost is …1 -
Re: Hired companions to supplement MC.
There are certainly agencies that provide paid aides/caregivers. In my area they are around $35-40/hr with a four-hour minimum.1 -
Re: Keeping a loved one at home vs nursing care
DH was diagnosed at 61 with MCI, and at 64 entered hospice care at home. If it were not for STRONG family support, daycare, and community respite programs I would had to have placed him. EOAD can mov…4 -
Keeping a loved one at home vs nursing care
My husband has early onset Alzheimer's, do many people going thru this same thing, keep there loved ones at home vs nursing home??2 -
Re: Just as my DH is forgetting who I am, I am also forgetting who he is.
This is one more reminder about how much this disease takes from both the PWD and the family. I remember when my mother passed away and the recent memories of how she looked and acted kept popping in…4 -
Re: Keeping a loved one at home vs nursing care
My wife stayed home with me until I couldn't keep her safe anymore. After picking her up from the floor six times in two weeks, I knew both of us were at risk for serious injury and placed her i…5 -
Re: Keeping a loved one at home vs nursing care
One of my very early questions here was about keeping my spouse home through it all. However, the realities of early onset hit. I needed to keep working and he could no longer remain home, and walkin…6
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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