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Re: Just need to talk to my friends (208)
Greetings porch people. It's supposed to be hot and humid here. I live a stone's throw from where Washington crossed the Delaware— midway between Philadelphia and Princeton. It's suburban with a smal…3 -
Re: Tests and medications
This is a very difficult question, and for me the answer changes somewhat as the disease progresses. At any stage I would want to prevent falls, and other such injuries. Cancer treatments I would not…1 -
Drowning
Hi everyone I am a carer for my partners mum. My own mum has had to go into a home and I feel desperately guilty I've now left my work and am looking after someone else and I couldn't mum. I am in a …2 -
Re: Lonliness when caring for a spouse with ALZ/dementia
This is a very lonely road called dementia. The road twist and turns and no end insight. The loneliness for me never really goes away or does it improve. Loneliness is always just on the surface. The…5 -
Re: Plan B
@harshedbuzz Thank you for your very comprehensive response. I really appreciate it and appreciate you. I copied and emailed it to my hubby and child for us to discuss this very evening. I had previo…1 -
Re: Anyone able to keep alzheimer spouse home until death
My husband is also Stage 6. A little further along than your husband, been wearing incontinence underwear for about 8 months, sometimes he goes to the toilet and lots of times he doesn’t. I was also …7 -
Re: Going crazy
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/248256#Comment_248256 Thank you for clarifying this forum…I’m a bit of a dinosaur. Also, thank you so much for the two links, very helpful indeed! I am des…2 -
Re: Plan B
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/248262#Comment_248262 Don't feel badly. While I was pretty sure dad had dementia (parents fought me for almost a decade on an eval) and sorted out where I …2 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (208)
Lorita, I'm fine. Thanks for asking. I had lunch with an old friend and had a really good burrito and some good talk in a Mexican cafe. I live in southwest Missouri, surrounded by large Corps of Engi…2 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (208)
Glad you like to hear about my farm.life, Carl Lynne and glad you're posting. Ron, which VA will You be going to- Fayetteville? Watched another Walking with Dinosaurs tonight. Really good. Going to w…1
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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