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End of Year Musings
I want to wish all the caregivers a Happy New Year. I began reading these message boards seventeen years ago this week, in 2008. I had a diagnosis of cognitive impairment not otherwise specified and …12 -
Re: Quiet Cracking - So many of us suffer from this
Thank you for posting this!1 -
Re: Wondering What’s in Store For 2036
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/74980/wondering-what-s-in-store-for-2036 I can relate. Just cooked a light appetizer type dinner and now (on my own) enjoying a glass of champagne. We live in a ve…4 -
Re: Wondering What’s in Store For 2036
Same boat. We had fun plans to go out and celebrate but one of those circular, never-ending conversations/arguments just took the wind out of my sails, so instead in pajamas thinking what’s the point…8 -
Re: Quiet Cracking - So many of us suffer from this
I can relate. I've been quietly cracking for a long time.4 -
Re: Quiet Cracking - So many of us suffer from this
Powerful. Insightful as we walk in this fog. Thank you for posting this.4 -
Re: Another missing person left an AL facility
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/262205#Comment_262205 My bad. I overlooked that it was an AL facility. Thanks for correcting me.2 -
Another missing person left an AL facility
Please don’t allow people with dementia to live alone or put them in ALs. They are not watched 24/7. This is the 4th case in the last few weeks. Just because they have never wandered before doesn’t m…2 -
Wondering What’s in Store For 2036
Thinking about all my friends getting ready to party and bring in the New Year while I sit here sipping a single malt wondering what’s in store for me in 2026. Not a very nice thought considering my …12 -
Tamiflu for lessening flu symptoms in advanced Alzheimer’s?
Im wondering if anyone’s frail loved ones with advanced dementia been successful in taming flu symptoms and avoiding medicine side effects by taking Tamiflu? Trying to make decisions in advance as ha…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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