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Doctor prescribed 2 different medicines at the same time.
My sister is the main caregiver, but I have concerns. My mother, who has the dementia, went away for a week and had a uti, and loss of appetite, and lots of picking. She put a call into doctor and do…2 -
Re: Using AI
I have also use chat gpd and it has really helped me when researching topics.2 -
Re: Heart Breaking
I’m glad that we are all here supporting each other in our differing stages of this horrible disease. I don’t know what I would do if I hadn’t found this forum. Being here makes it a little less lone…6 -
Re: Heart Breaking
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/260331#Comment_260331 Living 24/7 with my DH and a slow moving VD i find it’s hard to tell when there is a decline. He’s still continent (thank goodness), …8 -
Re: In pain, exhausted, and resentful
@lisn2cats, thank you! "Childish" or not, I can truly identify with your level of frustration. The systems that are set in place will cause the sweetest, kindest, most calm Florence Nightin…1 -
Re: In pain, exhausted, and resentful
Omg, @pamu, that is it, core level exhaustion. I am, in fact, doing everything for her and for my own household, yet left feeling like I have not done enough. The guilt is horrible. The resentment is…1 -
Re: Heart Breaking
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Re: Heart Breaking
My DH has not lost his ability to converse, but he is in a decline that seems to be picking up speed. I feel your pain @Biggles.3 -
Mother wanting to leave AL - arranging movers
I just moved my mom into AL the day before Thanksgiving - not even two weeks ago. That day she said she’d “sleep on the couch” (I haven’t sold her condo yet). I said she was moving that day, and she …3 -
Re: Unprepared
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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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