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Re: What Is Looking After Yourself
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/253630#Comment_253630 I’m just reading through posts and came upon yours. I have the exact same problem. They said I can’t get any help because my DH was “…4 -
Re: Need Help w/ Cell Phone Options
@HCM1234, you may benefit from putting on a parental control app such as MMGuardian, or by setting up Microsoft Family Safety features.1 -
Xmas
Every year we celebrate xmas here. There is 13 people. My Dh didn't do well at Thanksgiving here,there was about 20. So i really don't know what to do. I want to spend xmas with my kids but…5 -
rough day w dad in MC "Get me out of here!"
Hi community, Dad was pretty agitated today during our visit. Redirecting was not working, so I had to cut my visit short. I'm wondering what I am missing or if you all have more ideas for me to…6 -
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
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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