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Re: Merry Christmas?
I didn’t know whether to start a new discussion or tack on here. I too am spent. We try so hard and it’s so exhausting. I needed to go to the post office, according to the GPS 4 minutes from our plac…9 -
Re: Different respite question
No way to determine this except bringing him home and see what happens. We all are different, have different personalities. Try it, see what happens and adjust to the next opportunity. Best to you an…2 -
Re: My Mom passed away October 5th 2025
FYI- you determine who you see this Christmas. If you don’t feel like going to a gathering or dealing with relatives , then don’t go. As people say - No is a complete sentence. I can’t exchange gifts…4 -
Re: My Mom passed away October 5th 2025
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/260008#Comment_260008 Thanks so much. You are so right. I will. I really hated two family members who kept her alive for so long without Hospice. I have fo…3 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (213)
Drama here…got a call from a neighbor of my sister's in FL. She wants to call APS re my sister's well being. I too have been concerned and this last ambulance to the ER may have been the ev…2 -
Re: Intimacy and guilt
Oh, that relentless guilt…let it go. Easier said than done. I know. Hugs.1 -
Re: Hubby in memory care the nurse?
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/259967#Comment_259967 thx much. Yes I have been going over what it was like when he was home. I didn’t expect visiting him to be so sad. Thx2 -
Re: Moving to a Care home.
I’m thinking hard about that myself. I know I probably can’t pull the trigger. but I am so with you Big Papa! The verbal beat downs all day are so awful. Let us know how it went and how you are doing…3 -
Re: How to answer if your DH says he is dying.
He is under hospice care. I plan to talk to the nurse when she comes on Wednesday. Thank you!2 -
Libre3 insulin system
Greetings - My husband is 81 and was diagnosed with Alzheimer's as well as vascular dementia about 5 years ago. He has very brittle diabetes and has just been upgraded from the Libre2 to the Lib…2
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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