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  • Re: Her Signs In Stage 8

    I could fill pages with these types of incidents. Once you realize they are real, it is a comfort.
  • Re: Her Signs In Stage 8

    I have been fortunate to have lived and traveled in many countries. In Thailand spirit houses are very common. They are for the visiting spirits to stay in. In Thailand there is usually small offerin…
  • Re: Just sharing a positive/happy moment

    Ahhh, alone in the house for the first time in years. My husband hasn’t driven in about 4 years so doesn’t have the opportunity to escape me, nor I him. It’s as good for him to have time away as it i…
  • Re: Her Signs In Stage 8

    I absolutely believe that our loved ones can communicate with us from beyond the veil. And without the need for a medium, either. I treasure each incident and find them very comforting. A couple of m…
  • Re: Her Signs In Stage 8

    I do believe that my first husband made an appearance after his death. I kept brushing it off and perhaps it was a vivid dream but to me it was as clear as a bright sunny day. About a week after his …
  • Re: 65 days in memory care

    This is heartbreaking. Maybe have alone time with him outside in a garden or private area where you can just be with him, hold his hand, and tell him you love him. I don’t think removing him for a ni…
  • Re: When siblings do not help

    In the same boat, unfortunately. My mother's had dementia for several years, but after my dad passed in December, it's become severe. None of my siblings seem to care, none have even seen h…
  • Re: The Clock Stopped

    Yep, almost exactly the same here too. My DH keeps switching out remotes in different rooms, cause “ his won’t work.” It’s very frustrating because then all the remotes need to be reprogrammed. He ha…
  • Questions about memory care

    My husband has been in a secure memory care unit for 3 weeks. It's noisy and the shared areas are crowded. About a third of the residents are non-verbal. There are 18 patients with a nurse and t…
  • Family support when overwhelmed

    As nearly every caretakers knows it is easy to become overwhelmed. At my advanced aged, I had gotten to the point of considering both of us going into Assisted Living. Our 5 kids had already been dis…

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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