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Re: Just need to talk to my friends (205) May 2025
Good morning, Lorita I'm praying 🙏 that your feeling better today. You know we are not spring chickens anymore! Iris, I'm sorry about Seven, pets are family just like our other love ❤️ ones. I guess …2 -
Re: How do you deal with the guilt?
You didn’t give her dementia, you didn’t give her the symptoms that are making it unsafe for her to live alone. She can’t live with you either because you have to work. So you are doing this -placing…2 -
Re: How do you deal with the guilt?
Hi ElleKitty - welcome to 'here', but sorry for the reason. Sorry for the loss of your dad. H1235 is totally correct. You didn't 'do this'. You are the one stepping up and making sure she is safe. Yo…1 -
Re: How do you deal with the guilt?
She doesn't understand it, but you are your mom's hero. You and the friends who looked out for her until you could get her safely into memory care. You may feel like the villain, but you are doing wh…2 -
Re: How do you deal with the guilt?
Welcome. You did not do this to your mom the dementia did. If she had been left in the situation she was in she would probably not be alive much longer. There are so many ugly things that could have …2 -
Re: Any spouse caregivers of Alz patient with teens in the house?
Things are very difficult. I'm overwhelmed by being a single parent, caregiver, and main income source. My stress level impacts my child. I think we've all been in levels of denial for a long time, a…1 -
How to arrange a week of respite
I know that all the facilities around that say they do respite care will only do it for assisted living, not memory care, and my DH needs lots of assistance with dressing and navigating. MC facilitie…1 -
Boyfriend with early stage
Does anyone have a boyfriend with dementia, repeating questions and forgets conversations? I could use some support if anyone out there can relate. He is very easygoing and loving, but wonder what th…1 -
I Feel so Awful….
my DH is cognitively stage 6. He layers clothes, confuses hand cream for tooth paste, hasn’t known me for a long time, (though he likes me). When he is having a good day and 4 hour respite, it’s easy…5 -
Re: I Feel so Awful….
My LO was taken by a wheelchair transport van, but if she had been ambulatory I would have driven her. She doesn't like it and neither do I, because we want to be together, but I know I have to do it…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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