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Re: New to this group
Thanks everyone for your encouragement and wisdom. I feel sad when I read your stories, but also encouraged that I'm not alone. Each story is unique, and yet similar. Dealing with these diseases is q…2 -
Re: Looking for MC
Hi Kathy, My DH got COVID in Sept. and was hospitalized for a month with COVID and then behavioral disturbances. I told the doctor I couldn't bring him home as I couldn't handle it anymore. I never t…12 -
Re: Looking for MC
I’m so sorry and sad for you I know I am going to have to face this and I don’t want to. Sending hugs and a handkerchief xx4 -
Re: Getting very difficult
I am in the same situation except my DH isn’t aggressive. He’s sweet and kind as long as I am doing nothing or things he likes eg driving in the car to get a MacDonald’s milk shake or sit and watch T…5 -
Re: New guy
Very good advice not to argue. You will never win. It's hard to understand , but , it's their way of thinking. I like the watering down the idea except the wine usually causes my DW to go to bed earl…5 -
Looking for MC
It has been 11 days since my DH was admitted to the hospital. After 3 days, he was admitted to a Geriatric Psychiatric unit an hour away from our house. I go every day to see him and he wants to go h…3 -
Re: Getting very difficult
Thank you for responding. Yes, have all of our paperwork in order. And have an attorney that specializes in this. Do not have the funds for Assisted Living Memory Care. We live off his Social Securit…2 -
Re: Getting very difficult
Have you seen an attorney to discuss whether your finances will support a memory care placement? You also need to be sure you have all of the legal powers of attorney that you will have to have in or…3 -
Getting very difficult
Hello, my first post. My husband has moderate Alzheimer's. Officially diagnosed last year but it's been going on since about 2017. He has no short-term memory at this point. He had emergency triple b…5 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (203)
Good morning, Porch Friends Iris. It's nice hearing from you, we were all worried. If I ever had to get a new phone, my daughter will be here to show me how it works. She got me a tablet for Christma…1
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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