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Re: memory care bail out
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. My husband is currently in memory care and I'm planning to bring him home next week. He's miserable there and is rapidly losing cognitive and …1 -
Re: Odd Behavior
The difficult experiences in public with your loved one with dementia can be quite upsetting for all. My dear wife was very social and, while she was still able to get around better, when in public w…3 -
Re: In hospital and medicine
Well it has been 2 weeks since my husband passed and the phone calls have stopped, the neighbors don't come by And now the loneliness creeps in again.6 -
Re: A Smack of Reality
My DH has been prescribed different medications starting a few years ago. Trazodone was the first and the first week taking it, my DH was up for 36 hours straight. I know this can happen, but I took …2 -
Hearing, Yes or No?
It is too late for my dear wife as she left us a few weeks ago. As I often sit and think back over our path down the difficult road of AD, things pop into my head that I wish I had known or at least …4 -
Re: Nighttime toilet issues
Sandyeigo. I'm sorry to say, but this is something that won't get better, it will continue and possibly get worse. Im thinking 🤔 MC, is in the near future. She won't be happy, most ar…1 -
Long term care
I am new to the forum. I woke up a week or so ago and was just researching things on ALZ, and came across various discussions. My husband is from a large family (20 siblings and 7 children), and deme…16 -
Re: Positive experience with Palliative Care
You are a real survivor with all you had to deal with simultaneously. I wish for you and your LO that you find some joy in the time you have left together. I wish that for all of us on this road we d…2 -
Re: I am living with a mild form of Alzheimers
Welcome to the "club". I was diagnoised with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) in the spring of 2024, and I started on Leqembi in June 2024. I recently had my 33rd infusion. I had a repeat qu…3 -
Re: Not Sure What To Do -- Feeling Overwhelmed and Trapped
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/254289#Comment_254289 Hi Juliette, You pretty much know the story from the zoom. We had a paid off lakehouse in maine, and a paid off house in NY. Idiot me…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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