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  • Re: From Maybe to Reality

    I'm new to this caregiving of a spouse world.. I appreciate all your willingness to share. Patience, I think, will help me the most. Don't have it though.
  • Overwhelmed

    New to this discussion and hopeful for some assistance/direction, words of wisdom….my husband was recently diagnosed with EOAD, with lvppa variant. Went to 3 neurologists. Told he is in mild stage. S…
  • Mom is at peace now

    My mom has ended her journey with dementia. She became ill last week at her memory care facility and ended up in the hospital for 5 days. They did as much as they could without going to extreme measu…
  • Re: Are PWD capable of any kind of understanding of consequences?

    He does talk about it when I am not there! He tells the nurses and the aides that I am in his room with my lover. They take him there and show him that the room is empty, but he brings it up again in…
  • Defeated

    My LO is borderline late moderate early late stage. A scan for a separate ailment shows what is most likely cancer. As upset as I've been part of me doesn't know why as the Alzheimer's is terminal in…
  • Re: Thank you all!

    Kathy (from another Kathy) - I’m so very sorry that you’re going through this. The driving issue was one of the worst times that I went through with my DH. It agitated him enough that it triggered ve…
  • Re: Thank you all!

    Kathy, I'm sorry you are having to go through this but glad he is in the hospital for evaluation. Hopefully he will be seen by a geripsych doctor who can get him on a good regimen of meds. Like other…
  • Re: Thank you all!

    @KathyBol I am so sorry for what you went through, but pleased the 911 call expedited safetly and help for both of you. I hope he responds well to treatment. If you are considering placement at some …
  • Re: Thank you all!

    Sending you a virtual hug and thankful both of you are safe. Think it is time to consider MC so both of you remain safe.
  • Re: Thank you all!

    What an ordeal ! Glad you both were not injured . Praying the hospital evaluation will help with an effective medication regimen

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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