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Re: Just sad! Rant.
You have my total sympathy and support. I hit the 10 year mark in 2020 right in the start of Covid . I'm up to 14 now. DW has been 7 years in memory care and has had no cognitive function for 4 years…2 -
Re: Memory care concerns
thank you both for commenting. It made me feel comfort. I’ve been just straight up worrying all day in between crying spells. I made an appointment with my mom’s personal pcp. Of course Nov 27th firs…2 -
Re: A good man with Alzheimers
No offense, Dunno. He is child like and vulnerable. You might ask in your wife’s case if they reviewed the camera footage There is oft a trigger of some sort. Perhaps she did see something, but maybe…2 -
Re: New to all this
I totally understand about not knowing what is coming. My husband lately has been on a depressed run. He doesn't understand what is going on with him and seeing him like this depresses me even more. …3 -
Re: Hope we can make this board more active
hello Tigersmom and Jackie. I guess that my experience was somewhere in between each of yours. My husband had Parkinson’s disease and Parkinson’s dementia, and it was at least eight years since he wa…1 -
Re: Voting
He went to Florida. There was nothing that I could do to stop him. He got back home safely. I am powerless at this point.1 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (200)
There is a terrible wildfire, over 20,000 acres, in Ventura County, which is west of LA county, over 130 houses have burned to the ground, fortunately no deaths reported. Iris2 -
A good man with Alzheimers
I was called today by my husband’s memory care administrator to tell me that my husband was a hero. After dinner yesterday he witnessed a fellow resident inappropriately touch another who was in a wh…21 -
Re: When is it time for palliative care?
Thanks Gothic and terai. I took all of your advice and contacted hospice today. My daughter and I will meet with them soon.3 -
Re: Just sad! Rant.
I too have been on this never ending story for 8 years my understanding of this awful disease has grown and so my patience, gentleness and caring has increased enormously but so have my tears. Every …4
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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