Have any questions about how to use the community? Check out the Help Discussion.
Popular Posts
-
Re: Our journey together.
that is great .My wife has early dementia at 57 years old diagnosed about 3 years ago we’ve been married for 23 years got married later looking for the one I found her we have 3 kids all in college n…3 -
Re: Our journey together.
That is a beautiful tribute to the love you share with your wife. My husband and I have that same love. Treasure every moment you have together. You were given something that others never find. We ar…1 -
Re: Too old for this/too young for this
I’m so very new to all of this and especially this site. On top of everything all these abbreviations on this site are confusing and distracting. Our doc also said she doesn’t like to discuss stages?…2 -
Steady decline …
Things are changing! Noticing a lot of little changes lately … choosing cookies for lunch over a sandwich, having a danish for breakfast instead of a protein, picking through his food taking out piec…3 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (210)
Good afternoon, everyone. Beautiful day here today. Judith, those pictures of the wedding are wonderful. Everybody looks so happy, and what spectacular views they had from that place. I’m so glad tha…2 -
Re: Still waffling on MC placement
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/253882#Comment_253882 His wandering is one of the reason I’m thinking about this. I lock the special locks at night but keep them open during the day. He i…2 -
Re: Anosognosia—When People Don’t Realize They’re Impaired
Most of the time DW doesn't think anything is wrong, but every so often there's this flash of introspection where she says, "I don't know what's happening, there's somet…1 -
Re: Steady decline …
Sounds a lot like my DW. We are in year 3 following diagnoses of EOAD. She is firmly in stage 5 with some stage 6 creeping in. So far she is not having any incontinence but sometimes she doesn’t real…3 -
Re: Still waffling on MC placement
Annie51…you and I are about in that same indecisive and guilty place about placing my DW. So many others have it much worse and are hanging in there, but I just had another full night of a wandering …5 -
Re: Still waffling on MC placement
Annie51 I experience all the same feelings. My DH was placed in MC September 3rd. I second guess myself for all the reasons you mentioned, but I followed through as home care giving fell apart and I …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
Read more