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Re: Reflections and a new lease on life
This is my story too. Left my hometown of 72 years to be near our daughter three states away. I wonder if I will ever stop longing to go home. I miss my brother, our friends, all our familiar places.…2 -
TSA UGH! Airport Experience
I need to vent! DH with ALZ and I just got back from California visiting family. I expected some increased challenges due to travel but did not anticipate this one. DH was pulled out of line for “pat…7 -
Mom has AD and husband abandoned her.
I am writing this because I don’t know where else to turn and I’m hoping somebody out there has gone through something similar. My mother and stepfather have been married for 21 years and I’ve had a …2 -
Re: I Would Pay Money for a Little Anosognosia
I hear you. My DW is not as far along as yours but she knows exactly what is happening to her and she is terrified. She is facing this with more strength than I ever knew she had but all I can do to …2 -
Re: Update on my brother
My brother has been waiting for the neuropsychologist testing since April.1 -
Re: Bewilderment
Wow. I am so sorry that you have to deal with this battle on top of the struggle of your mom's dementia and recovery from covid. I would just outline the events for the ED just as you did here. Ask f…1 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (199)
Good morning Judith my brain feels fried a lot of days. Lorita hope they find all those leaks and you get your house back soon. Plumbers can definitely be expensive, I know. Iris hope you continue to…1 -
Re: Can you be kicked out of MC for not complying with continence care?
Yes! It is truly awful having to watch my mom’s decline and the onesies seem horrible to me, on some level. Even the ones that look like clothes. But having staff who “get it” and are confident careg…2 -
Re: 10 Absolutes in Dementia Care
It is hard, and I know we all make mistakes. I know i do. I am beginning to learn that life is better for both of us if I let the unimportant statements rest. When i first attended an in person group…2 -
Re: My lifeblood is in MC
All these comments are so true and heartbreaking. My DH has been in MC since May and with the relief of no longer 24-7 trying to keep him in the house, not sleeping more than a couple of hours or les…9
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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