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interesting delusion
Today I dropped my DW (stage 5/6 vascular dementia) off at the salon to get a haircut. Fortunately, her stylist is very understanding and patient. I returned 45 minutes later to pick her up. I paid m…2 -
Re: Eating Constantly
The brain going haywire can send all kinds of incorrect messages to the body. Sometimes a PWD always feels hungry, or cold even when they turned the furnace up to 80 degrees or have phantom pain that…1 -
Advice needed
Hello, my husband has vascular dementia and is constantly ordering and demanding. hes constantly nagging me to do what he wants. immediately. i need to shorten his jeans so nagged again until i do th…2 -
Mom with lewy body dementia
My mother is in the nursing home which she hates. She has terrible hallucinations of men with long white beards and no teeth who torture her every waking moment. She says they pull her hair out and s…1 -
Re: One Year Evaluation Showed in Improvement in AD Symptoms
Thank you. I guess time will tell….*sigh* We are living in the now. So if it's working now, it's a good thing.1 -
Re: DH Diagnosed with Young Alzheimer’s
FTDCaregiver1, Thank you so very much for you response and suggestions. I will look into them. I am also planning to contact ADRC and Center for Living and Working as well as Agency on Aging and Elde…2 -
Re: DH Diagnosed with Young Alzheimer’s
Hello and welcome, though I'm sorry you're living with this. My partner volunteered at Habitat ReStore for several years before Alzheimers became noticeable (that could be debatable, but anyway). The…1 -
Re: New diagnosis, new to group. Having a rough ugly cry day.
Hi jennyV, I did and I am still going to Mass General in Boston as well. I got my second opinion there through a behavioral neurologist. My previous one from another hospital neurologist was quite an…1 -
Re: DH Diagnosed with Young Alzheimer’s
Welcome JennyV - Though I can't assist on a finding local community group you mention, I want to commend you on fighting to get a proper diagnosis. All too often, EO FTD is misdiagnosed or simply neg…1 -
The slow goodbye to my hero
Not sure where to begin or if this forum will be helpful, but I've got to try. New here, my dad was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers about a year and a half ago. He was forced into early retirem…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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