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Re: Social Scientists, We Are Here
I agree with Chris20cm regarding the nursing home comment. Preparing for plan 'B', I have emailed several local care facilities requesting basic info and not a one has bothered replying. It…6 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (210)
good morning Lorita I would call the tomatoes a dark red green color. My nephew still live with me. He had his CDL permit now. He has had contact with the school so now we have to wait on disability …2 -
Social Scientists, We Are Here
As I read through the threads on here and, like all of you, find great value and comfort from this forum, I am struck by the discrepancies between our real life and what is described by most (I am su…15 -
Re: My Mother's Siblings
In a month, I hope to write a post of how it went…If I survive.4 -
DH always wants to leave the house
All day long, DH is constantly wanting to “get going”. He is fixated on walking a specific route in the neighborhood. We walk the route, stopping to talk to anyone we see (which is another challenge)…6 -
Re: Says he doesn’t have Alzheimer’s
DW had a diagnosis of Alzheimer's in her medical record, about which she complained bitterly. She did acknowledge having some memory problems, so I told her that some doctors might use "Alz…1 -
Re: In hospital and medicine
There is no starting a new life, it must be a life with remembrance and then trying to put one foot in front of the other…that is how I feel right now4 -
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
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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