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Re: Anosognosia Is Overwhelming Me
I understand and really feel the exhaustion. I also identify as a very grounded, fact-based problem solver, so adapting to a constantly shifting reality is so draining.2 -
Re: Her Signs In Stage 8
I like the custom as well. One of the people who visited me was my partner who was Japanese. There was a small tabletop shrine/alter in the dining room where we’d leave offerings for his father, usua…2 -
Re: Questions about memory care
I was having some issues at the MC my wife is in. I started taking pictures of my concerns (being careful not to get staff or other residents in the picture) then when I talked to the administer I wo…6 -
Re: How to take away responsibilities
@shiawase12 You sound a bit like my mom. She clung onto the notion of treating dad as an equally competent partner in the marriage long after he became someone in need of supervision and care. Until …5 -
Re: Baby Monitor, LifeAlert type necklace, or other option best for Mom with Alzheimer’s?
Just wanted to let you all know that Mom passed last week. Fortunately, we had had the discussion about her wishes if she was unable to tell the doctors her choices, before the Alzheimer's made …2 -
Re: How to take away responsibilities
I took over the finances the same way I took over the cooking and housekeeping. I just gradually started doing it and when DW became less involved she seemed to just forget she did those things. I no…5 -
Re: How to take away responsibilities
Two thoughts: When DW started to have trouble with finances, I simply said, "Would you like me to take care of that?" Most (?) credit card companies can send you an email or text alert if t…4 -
Re: The Clock Stopped
Yep ditto to all of this. My DH can’t operate the remote anymore and sometimes thinks it is his phone, when he can’t find his phone (which is most of the time - cuz he carefully hides it so no one wi…4 -
Re: Anosognosia Is Overwhelming Me
Anosognosia has been a constant for my DH who doesn't understand he is in memory care, continues to want to "help others" or "do something in the world" and move back to plac…4 -
Re: Too old for this/too young for this
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/253880#Comment_253880 I don’t mean to be nosy and I have no clue what to expect and in a life full of up downs lows and highs this is a curveball from plan…2
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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