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Re: How To Find Purpose Again?
I am in the same boat. I feel rudderless. I gave up my career to care for my DW. I can no longer go back to my career. What do I do with the time I have left? My DW also died in August and the early …2 -
Re: ‘Me Time’ Confusion
I am also an incredibly private person and hoped I would not need help. But alas, my DW can be a real challenge and with her sundowners and shadowing, I couldn’t get a dang thing done. So, I bit the …4 -
Re: Can't remember my DW pre-dementia
@howhale : It helps to know that I am not alone in experiencing this.1 -
Re: How To Find Purpose Again?
It is so hard going from full speed ahead taking care of my dear wife fulltime. Every minute of every day filled with ensuring her safety and care and then the abrupt stop to completely empty days. I…2 -
How To Find Purpose Again?
I knew where the path ended, the outcome never in doubt, but after so many years with my purpose being to care for my dear wife how do I find any purpose in going on? After 60 years together, with th…5 -
Sundowners
I've been caring for my wife who is suffering from Alzheimer's. She is in the middle stages and it is progressing. Since the time change her sundowners is getting worst every night She does…4 -
Re: No short term memory
I am experiencing similar issues with my wife who has frontotemporal dementia. It is frustrating and my only suggestion is to accept that the dementia has gradually replaced the person I married. It …3 -
Re: No short term memory
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/74620/no-short-term-memory You described my DH precisely. Other people do not see his deficits easily unless they converse with him long enough that he repeats him…3 -
Re: No short term memory
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/74620/no-short-term-memory Nothing to add to other good comments except that this is normal in my experience and in what I have read. Redirecting may help short-te…1 -
Re: My DW's pain levels
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/74616/my-dws-pain-levels I can relate to your experience. We visited a "dementia specialist" (neurology) who put DW through hours of misery in testing, g…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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