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Re: Just need to talk to my friends (208)
GG, movies are better with alcohol, because that dumbs you down to the level of the target audience. It's hard to suspend disbelief and enjoy the show when you see all the errors. Like when you're wa…2 -
Re: I Had A Week Respite
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/248041#Comment_248041 I hear you. My first small respites were like that. I still had thoughts of, "we used to have this kind of fun together", b…4 -
Re: Garbled speech
My mother also had a strange moment of clarity yesterday. It really seemed like we were connecting. She had facial expressions and said, "I love you." She has declined dramatically this sum…1 -
Re: Lonliness when caring for a spouse with ALZ/dementia
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/248068#Comment_248068 DW still lives at home, but having to see all the clothes and jewelry is difficult for me also. I try to keep it out of sight but tha…6 -
Re: DH won’t let me change him
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/248048#Comment_248048 I would rather he sleep than behave like this!3 -
Re: Lonliness when caring for a spouse with ALZ/dementia
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/248042#Comment_248042 Ouch! I know the feeling. DW has been in MC for 3 months now. I look at the clothes in the closet, I look at her considerable collect…8 -
Re: Near the end
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/247915#Comment_247915 I've been told this new behavoir appeared in others a few months before they passed, so I was wondering if this could be the case wit…2 -
Re: Near the end
After reading the comments, I'm hopelessly depressed. I think DH is in stage 6. So this could go on a very long time, many years, as he progresses through the stages of his freaking disease. Many mor…6 -
Where has my husband gone? Loss…
I find myself asking that question often. He’s here physically, but he is not the man that he was when I married him. I feel so sad today. Yet it doesn’t bother him as much since he doesn’t even real…2 -
Re: Anyone able to keep alzheimer spouse home until death
My DH is 77 and stage 7. I am 73 and hopefully I will be able to keep him home until he dies. I have been dealing with this disease for 10+ years. I am tired. I have help with Hospice and the VA. Bot…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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