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10 things "I've" learned about MC's.
These are just a few of the things I've seen in the last 6mo. My DW is in a fairly decent facility but there is no perfect place. When you place your LO in an MC facility and walk away, that will be …14 -
Re: Cycles of doubt
My DH was in the Geri-psych unit for two weeks and now has been in Memory Care for almost 1 week. I am second-guessing my MC decision all the time now because I am so lonely! It is so quiet in the ho…6 -
Re: So many posts remind me. . .
Spin-need, hang in there. Time seems to stand still and drag on and on but as caregivers we live day to day, one day at a time, one moment at a time and when you come up for air you realize just how …10 -
Re: So many posts remind me. . .
I am saddened at how very long it takes for people to die from this illness. It seems like it doesn't happen until the last dollar is extracted from the family's pocket and the emotional and physical…11 -
Re: So many posts remind me. . .
Right there also, reading posts and know we are closer to the end but still feel it could go another year or so. Have hospice on board and DH is starting to have issues with swallowing. Has had a cou…6 -
Re: So many posts remind me. . .
reading these posts gives me both comfort and fear. I am already struggling in this middle stage and have to fight to keep on going, knowing you have made it helps in the moment but when I think of w…8 -
Re: Burn out
First thank you all for your kind replies. Just knowing others understand helps. Since I last wrote the facility has given me a vailed threat of kicking my sister out due to her being so hard to deal…2 -
Re: So confused. I don’t know what to do.
Laney I’m so sorry. I think you are in a very similar position to clarinetist, and if sedation is what it takes, then that’s likely your only option. I wouldn’t hold out hope that another Geri psych …4 -
New at this. HELP
My wife has short term memory loss, higher than normal fear levels, general agitation and breaks down and cries far too often and easily. Don't know how to get into her world and probably support and…1 -
Re: Arguments about travel that is unrealistic
This happens with my DH too. I've kicked the can down the road several ways, early on by suggesting he plan the trip, which he cannot do and I soon decided it was cruel to suggest he try to plan it a…3
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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