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Re: Wife will not help herself
I started that a couple weeks ago. I am looking at it like a baby step to full care and maybe she gets used to that facility or their routine.1 -
Re: Wife will not help herself
Carl46, Same thing here…have a HWD giving me financial advice and advice on everything else, and then will ask me "where's the toaster, how do I get ice out of the refrigerator, what time is it,…4 -
Re: Wife will not help herself
A recent PET scan revealed Amyloid plaque which is consistent with diagnosis. She has a neuropsych testing in March. Which I hope the doc's can give us additional information. I get that everything i…1 -
Re: New to group any advice
oh boy, today we were with a group of people and I was engaged in conversation with someone and DH just kept repeating my name over and over trying to get my attention. Like a child saying mommy, mom…1 -
Re: Wife will not help herself
Same same exhausting just back from the monumental task of having an eye test. Slow shuffle along the corridor, a scary trip down the escalator, another slow shuffle to the optometrist then both of u…6 -
Re: Virtual talk on -Secrets to Brain Vitality-
@v3 I am not the person who flagged you. In recent weeks this particular board has been bombed with random spam to the degree that legitimate posts have been pushed off the first page. As a result, f…1 -
Re: F&$! Dementia
I wish I could say they'd never flown out of my mouth before! Haha. Definitely not ever at my DW, but my car sure has heard a lot of words I don't often say in public!3 -
Re: Wife will not help herself
My wife has taken on a management role as well. She doesn't know anything or do anything, she just tells me what to do, just like my supervisors before I "retired" to work full time for her…3 -
Re: This Cruel, Cruel disease
Well my DH didn’t do well. He got combative with the caregivers and I received a call and had to go get him. He is okay most all the time with me. We tried the care center that is closest to our hous…1 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (202)
😒😮💨 seems like everytime I turn around it's something else. My prostate cancer is active again! They are starting me back on harmone therapy and will be doing a pet scan to make sure it hasn't sprea…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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