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Re: What You Took From Me
Bill, I feel your pain. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I was reading your post, truly understanding your every word. Praying for strength for all of us here.3 -
What You Took From Me
Dear Friends, I wrote this on July 9, 2025: There is a beautiful woman here making dinner for us. She asked me how my day went today. The kitchen smells so good with dinner on the stove. She put her …19 -
Re: Memory Care Hell
Many thanks to all of you. I think we can get him out of there on Sunday. I meet with them and ombudsman Thursday.3 -
Re: Trying to keep up with life...
I am in the same boat-so to speak!. My husband and I were avid kayakers for years. We own three kayaks that are just sitting in the garage. Last year, I decided we would go kayaking but I had to load…5 -
Re: Not Recognizing Family Members
My mom has vascular dementia. I have found her symptoms to be slightly different/altered than those with Alzheimer’s. It’s my understanding that a stroke or even multiple very small strokes can affec…2 -
Re: Not Recognizing Family Members
We are going 05/31/23 to a new neurologist for a 2nd opinion. He has had 2 MRI's, a spinal tap, psych evaluation, and has been taking an antidepressant since April of last year. Both MRI's …1 -
Re: Start of incontinence
I was doing at least one load of laundry a day before I finally got my DH to wear disposables. He needs help dressing which makes it easier for me to get him into the disposables. He doesn’t want hel…2 -
Re: affect of anesthesia?
My mother had dementia and when she broke her hip the surgeon wanted to do a complete replacement. He had not met her only seen the x-rays. I explained her condition and that she would not be able to…2 -
Notice to police or first responders
Does anyone know if there is a program or something to alert first responders that the person at home has dementia? This afternoon my husband flagged down the police for no reason. I was on my way ho…4 -
Re: Fixation with Driving
Living in a senior building, with many of us in independent apartments while accessing help services, I see all the time what a threshold giving up driving is. Even when done voluntarily, by healthy …1
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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