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Re: My Attitude is Getting Worse
Taking are of a spouse with dementia is very challenging. I have found that it helps to blame the disease and not the person. Arguing with a spouse who has Alzheimer’s is arguing with a disease and i…7 -
Re: My Attitude is Getting Worse
I find mom has a way of sucking me into an argument. She demands answers and explanations. Why won’t you let me do this or that? If I try to explain (using facts and logic), well we all know how that…3 -
Re: Managing the Late-Comers
I don't have sympathy for those that say they don't want to see them like that. I didn't want to see my mom or dad in the condition they were in toward the end and had to make life and…8 -
Re: Emotional Breakdown This Morning
What a wonderful gift!! Bless your heart, thank you for sharing💜2 -
Re: Emotional Breakdown This Morning
Thank you for sharing this. It warmed my heart.2 -
Re: Emotional Breakdown This Morning
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Re: Emotional Breakdown This Morning
There are kind people everywhere and these men were just that. You posted because you needed to share your despair and their true kindness. It is hard sometimes to accept help but everyone needs help…3 -
Re: Memory Care Hell
The new facility evaluated him today and it went well. They need documentation of the sore on his butt. I am not at all surprised but there was no description of the sore at all. I'm working on …6 -
Re: Emotional Breakdown This Morning
Thank you both for the kind comments. It helps to be heard and acknowledged. 💜5 -
Re: My Attitude is Getting Worse
Sounds like our situations parallel each other in most aspects. I must say though you've done a better job that I have with regards to the argument segment. In retrospect it's easy to recog…8
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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