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Re: Just need to talk to my friends (202)
Good morning my porch friends. HB I'm sorry to read your mom isn't rebounding like you'd hoped. And now your down. That's no fun at all. Ugh. Has Iris been posting and I'm missing it? I know she lost…1 -
Re: Mix Dementia Stage 5
@Eva.Daddy I would encourage you to make an appointment with an elder law attorney licensed in your state. HB1 -
Re: feeling lost and depressed
Calibird, my husband is 58 and going through the same thing with fear/anxiety/depression - we do have the benefit of therapy and I have been tapping into every resource I can find to help. Here is so…3 -
Re: What if I get sick?
I am signing a new DPOA next week (HWD is currently my agent). I have no family who can assume the role, so am appointing my atty (who I have met once…a bit unsettling) as my agent. I am the primary …4 -
Re: What really happens to someone who has no family and alone with Alzheimer’s???
I've posted this question before. When there's no family, friends, or neighbors, it's just so sad for a homeless person, period. And to be suffering from a major illness or dementia is catastrophic. …3 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (202)
Good morning all. It's been a rough couple of days here. Mother is not rebounding as quickly as we'd hoped. They did a shorter steroid taper, so she seems back where she was in terms of breathing whe…1 -
Re: Watching TV is a challenge
That’s the thing about this disease. All those little things add up for the caregiver. My DH couldn’t make it to the bathroom twice today. He wears Depends but the 2nd one leaked a little. I didn’t m…2 -
Re: Financial crisis in the making
ditto to harshedbuzz and Chickadee it’s such a rotten disease it’s so hard to understand how our DH’s can sometimes appear ‘normal’ but something will happen and you realise the cogs aren’t turning c…2 -
Re: Financial crisis in the making
I have nothing to add except I’m so sorry this is happening. If you have a close friend or close family member you trust, talk to them and ask if they can assist you in organizing the appts you need …2 -
Re: What really happens to someone who has no family and alone with Alzheimer’s???
In my Aunts case she had no immediate family left. So after what looked like some of the relatives taking advantage or her or her funds I had my lawyer intervene. He basically had Dr.'s ascertain she…4
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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