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  • Re: Feeling a bit sad - one more step in the progression

    These are such thoughtful posts. Thank you all for lighting the path ahead. The bed in my dad’s MC room is a frequent topic of cheerful conversation for me to generate for him: I reminisce about in w…
  • Advice on Transition to MC

    Hi. With reluctance and fear, we are going to move my Dad from independent living with my Mom into MC. I know this is a painful process for all families, My Mom and Dad have been together for 65+ yea…
  • In my feelings

    I’m new to the forum. I’ve read a lot of the posts over the last several months. The cliff notes version of my story is, my wife and I were married young. This past summer we celebrated our 33 rd ann…
  • You have to laugh sometimes

    DH tried to clean the toilet today. I walked in and it smelled industrial so I asked if he had sprayed something. He said yes he had cleaned the toilet. I asked him to show me what he used….. It was …
  • DH is now at peace

    I lost my DH of 38 years today. I was visiting him at MC as I did every day, and he was a little more aware of me and walking a little better than he has been of late so we were having a good visit. …
  • Re: Quiet Cracking - So many of us suffer from this

    you just described how I’m feeling today. Hard to hide the tears.
  • Re: Christmas Decorations

    https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/262199#Comment_262199 Hello, @jen ht! Thanks for asking about my ankle. I'm eight weeks post surgery and able to hobble around with a boot now. I am t…
  • Re: Christmas Decorations

    An update. I went to moms intending to take things down and pile them on the top of her wardrobe the best I could. She asked if I was going to bring them to her house so I said “if that’s ok” and she…
  • Re: Just need to talk to my friends (214)

    If I get up and nothing hurts, I'm afraid I died in the night 😉 Turmeric capsules helped DW's arthritic knee more than anything else, seemed to reduce the inflammation and pain. Just a typ…
  • Re: Convince me

    You said your Asperger like. My daughter has Asperger's and is high functioning but when sudden changes or disruptions come up she needs a little extra time to deal with it. I get your concern a…

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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