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Re: Don't know where we are in this
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/259497#Comment_259497 Thank you so much for the wonderful ideas. I can't believe this is happening. Not sure I've truly accepted it but these tip…2 -
Re: Don't know where we are in this
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/259490#Comment_259490 Thank you for the valuable information. I need to do the legal part for sure and will do that asap. I guess I assumed incorrectly tha…1 -
Re: What Is Looking After Yourself
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/259541#Comment_259541 So sorry for your situation and it reads much like mine did before my wife passed. I used the time before my wife was awake in the mo…2 -
Re: Cold Intolerance
My DH is also/always cold. I put socks on his feet at night, and finally got him to try a pair of my ski glove liners when we went to church this morning. He has rejected gloves as long as I have kno…3 -
Re: What Is Looking After Yourself
This really is challenging. My only time for myself is in the morning before my husband wakes up, so I use that time to do things where I need to concentrate - budgeting, bill paying, replying to ema…8 -
Re: What Is Looking After Yourself
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/74087/what-is-looking-after-yourself Super easy to tell someone to take care. It is almost impossible to do for those of us who are caring for people with dementia…8 -
Re: Grief Differences Among Family
I also had quite different responses to my mother at 93 and other relatives than I am experiencing with my wife. I expect my children and others to have reactions more like mine with previous relativ…2 -
Re: So instead of carrying grief…carrying my love?
I think we all need to be kind to ourselves. We need to freely extend the grace to ourselves that we readily extend to others. This is a long, hard journey and we are all imperfect human beings. We d…1 -
Re: What do you do with your big feelings?
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/74716/what-do-you-do-with-your-big-feelings no one knows how to do any of this. We just do the best we can. We all need to find ways to let our feelings out or to …5 -
Re: What Is Looking After Yourself
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/259535#Comment_259535 I think hearing this from friends and family made it easier for me to bring in outside help to give me a break. For a while I felt it…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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