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Re: looking for hygiene video recommendations
I believe DH is getting closer to shower reluctance in the near future, so I am following this topic for sure. I would suggest you might look at another concept….a TV app that is made for dementia pa…1 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (209)
Hello from Virginia! It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted. It seems that summer has flown by in a flurry of doctor appointments and medical tests. I had a stroke in May and lost mt peripheral vi…3 -
Re: Looking into Memory Care and Very Sad
The guilt associated with placing a loved one in memory care can be debilitating. It sounds like you cannot reasonably bring him home directly from the hospital. However, you are (as mentioned above)…2 -
Re: Looking into Memory Care and Very Sad
My husband moved to memory care 46 days ago. I too have felt the overwhelming guilt for placement, the questioning and wanting to bring him home, but what I have learned is that I can be a better wif…5 -
Re: Want to bring him home not nursing home
Do you believe in coincidences? I think I saw something that bring me to the confusion that everything happens for a reason I saw his neurologist when he went to the ER, the DR was just walking down …2 -
Re: Want to bring him home not nursing home
I know that I am in denial. I am even scared to visit him in his hospital room for fear that I will set him off, if he is having a bad day. Instead I call the nurse to see how he is doing, or just pe…2 -
Re: New here
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/73921/new-here A few months back, during a routine annual exam, the PCP for DW told me I should start looking into placement. I was devastated. I did not think we …1 -
Re: Ugly Stepchildren Dilemma
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/73862/ugly-stepchildren-dilemma Dear Peg, I am so sorry that you are experiencing this pain on top of all the suffering that goes with being a caregiver and then p…1 -
Re: Ugly Stepchildren Dilemma
Peg, I don't think I would give this little person the satisfaction of letting him know I was hurt. In fact, I think you have dodged a bullet, because you are not expected to waste thousands of …4 -
Only Mean to Caregiver
My 89-year-old father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's 6 months ago. He reserves all his anger, paranoia and hurtful words for my mother (caregiver). No one else sees/hears it. I am learning that …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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