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Re: Grief Differences Among Family
@SDianeL : A very good description of what one goes through after losing a spouse with dementia! You begin to grieve at diagnosis and at every little loss along the way. My biggest grief trigger was …3 -
Hubby in memory care the nurse?
hubby in MC one month and 12 days. His reasoning skills are impaired. He cannot understand he can come home sometimes but has to go back there. Today he cried about going home and I cried too. I just…11 -
Re: Need Help w/ Cell Phone Options
I agree that allowing him access to the internet could end up causing lots of problems if he were to somehow get his hands on a credit card or bank information. Even if that is tucked away he may go …2 -
Re: Am I a bad person
My DW has been in Stage 7f for about a year. She is minimally conscious and I am told that her cognition at this point consists mainly of core brain stem functions, her only obvious action is a primi…16 -
Re: Speech Therapy
DW was referred to a speech therapist in mid Stage 6. We tried one session but it did not go well. The speech therapist imagined she was going to provide DW with techniques to improve her communicati…3 -
Re: Speech Therapy
Our daughter is a speech therapist who works with eating problems…swallowing and such. This might be helpful for dementia that is not AlZ. But, with AlZ the problem is the brain not the mechanics. As…3 -
Re: Speech Therapy
About 18 months ago my dh was evaluated by his current neurologist, who suggested a speech and language evaluation. My dh has EO and logopenic aphasia and was considered to be at stage 5. I did take …3 -
Re: How to have patience and not start resenting your spouse.
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/74390/how-to-have-patience-and-not-start-resenting-your-spouse I feel your pain. I would love to sleep in just once or go to bed early but my spouse has vascular d…9 -
Re: Speech Therapy
Thankyou SDianel your insight spares me my guilt trip. It’s so hard to know what to do and the knowledge here is greatly appreciated. I ask the question why would the Dementia Association even sugges…5 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (213)
I got less than a quarter inch of snow, just enough to turn the grass and roofs white. It's clear tonight, which is nice for seeing the moon two days short of full, but it will get cold tonight …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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