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Re: Still waffling on MC placement
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/253882#Comment_253882 His wandering is one of the reason I’m thinking about this. I lock the special locks at night but keep them open during the day. He i…2 -
Re: Anosognosia—When People Don’t Realize They’re Impaired
Most of the time DW doesn't think anything is wrong, but every so often there's this flash of introspection where she says, "I don't know what's happening, there's somet…1 -
Re: Steady decline …
Sounds a lot like my DW. We are in year 3 following diagnoses of EOAD. She is firmly in stage 5 with some stage 6 creeping in. So far she is not having any incontinence but sometimes she doesn’t real…3 -
Re: Still waffling on MC placement
Annie51…you and I are about in that same indecisive and guilty place about placing my DW. So many others have it much worse and are hanging in there, but I just had another full night of a wandering …5 -
Re: Still waffling on MC placement
Annie51 I experience all the same feelings. My DH was placed in MC September 3rd. I second guess myself for all the reasons you mentioned, but I followed through as home care giving fell apart and I …1 -
Re: New to this. DH with MCI due to AD
I don’t know what kind of life you have had up until now. We all have had things to deal with but nothing will prepare you for what is to come. Be thankful for what you have had. Although there are s…3 -
Re: New to this. DH with MCI due to AD
@whytever Hi and welcome. I am sorry for your reason to be here but pleased you found this place. As MOCAs go, 24 would indicate fairly early in the disease unless your DH came to Alzheimer's wi…3 -
Too old for this/too young for this
Newly diagnosed spouse of 40 years. He’s in denial, I’m in panic mode and end times mode. And it’s only just started. Twist? He doesn’t want any treatment. Anyone have any experience with no treatmen…1 -
Re: living the movie Groundhog Day
Oh yes, the “Catch-22” of either agreeing to something bad that you didn’t do, versus risking an angry escalation by trying to explain that you respect them and wouldn’t do the bad thing they are acc…2 -
Re: Still waffling on MC placement
I promised myself I would keep my husband home. It worked for a while. As he got worse I become completely overwhelmed and depressed. I had help in house for a while but it was actually more stressfu…6
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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