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Re: Guilt about memory care/Assisted living
So sorry about the loss of your mom. It's okay to keep your dad out the loop about the house (or other decisions), especially if that might make him anxious or confused. Think of it as taking it off …2 -
Re: Advice request
@JoseyWales As others here have said.. funerals are for the living. And specifically for you and your son. When my step-dad died in February, he was cremated. His ashes are being held at the funeral …2 -
Re: Hospital bed time. Moving really fast
@fmb The AL nurse is having a hard time accepting mom’s desire to be in bed. That may change after today’s report from the hospice nurse. The AL nurse has been looking at it as if keeping her out of …3 -
Re: Get me through this day!
Thank you all for your well wishes! Murphy’s law had to jump in today…one of the workers got injured and had to go to the hospital, and another had to drive him (he is ok, thankfully!). As such, they…4 -
Re: Coping with disease progression
This is why I love this community. There is no one - and I mean no one who understands this like those going through it. @quiltingbringscalm yes! Stage 5 seemed to go by in a blink. @easy23 I am defi…3 -
Re: Pulling the trigger on memory care
What pushed me over the edge.... I was burned out. The 24/7 responsibilities, the stress, and anxiety were killing me (literally). I love this fmb...."she can get the round-the-clock care that s…5 -
Re: Agitation and Demands
How horrendous … so many family members that died of lung cancer at such an early age! You certainly have been through some tough times with caregiving. And now here you are again facing this! God bl…1 -
Re: Pulling the trigger on memory care
Wow. I want to keep DH home as long as possible and really plan until the end. For now, it's manageable and I am able to work. Reading all the things on here make me see that may not be possible. My …5 -
Re: Pulling the trigger on memory care
My situation was somewhat different from yours. I was forced to place my DH in enhanced AL by his physical disabilities after suffering a stroke and many falls. He is a large man, and I am a small wo…5 -
Re: Pulling the trigger on memory care
My husband's disorientation, delusions and hallucinations made me place him in MC. He wanted to keep going outside to go to work, back home, to school, to his mother's house. I could no longer spend …7
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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