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Re: Long Naps
Goodness I am soooo envious a 2-3 hour sleep daily I’m exhausted with my DH being awake and shadowing me constantly. He’s awake most mornings from 4am onwards I lie in bed and listen, sometimes the b…1 -
Re: What Is Looking After Yourself
I was so stressed out on Thursday, I hate to admit it but I left my DH with the Drywall Boy. Sounds funny since it worked but could have been disastrous. This kid had been here 4 days straight and I …8 -
Re: What Is Looking After Yourself
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/253514#Comment_253514 Thank you for this response, I find it very encouraging because DW in stage six, has barely let me out of her sight for eight years a…4 -
Re: Long Naps
I am a bit envious! My DW won't go down for a nap unless I lay down too, and I am not a nap person. If I read or check my emails on my iPhone, very very quietly and with as little movement as po…2 -
Long Naps
Can I just say…I love it so dang much when my DW takes a long nap. She's at about 3-4 hours a nap every day now. I know that means she's moving along, but I do enjoy these moments of quiet.…5 -
Re: So over this...
thanks so much all of this. I thought I was just a horrible person.1 -
New to all of this as a caregiver
My brother Jim(not his real name) was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's. They said he's at the beginning of it's advanced stage. Our other brother, Max, has been living with him and …3 -
Re: The Stage 8 Club
It's been 8 years since my beloved husband passed. I can tell you it gets easier. I still miss him horribly but the overwhelming pain is gone. I honestly thought I would join him that first year…3 -
Re: Not there then right there
@SDianeL its so hard! And @ARIL so affirming at the same time. Yesterday, for what I’m pretty sure will be the last time, I took my mom out to dinner. We went to the same diner we always go to. She w…1 -
Re: When siblings do not help
Hello, I am new here. I am sorry all of you are dealing with the same issue I am living. It's sad to see I am not alone. Since my dad passed away in 2023 I have become my mothers primary caregiv…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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