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Re: What's the one thing that gets to you the most
Poop and the cleaning up of the same.3 -
Re: What's the one thing that gets to you the most
For me right now it is resistance to care. DW cannot dress, bath or toilet without assistance. I am committed to be there for her and provide the assistance. Much of the time, she just fights every a…5 -
Re: Need Advice How To Overcome Emotions Putting Your Spouse In MC Home
I and probably most of us that have had to move someone to memory care felt that guilt you mentioned. Someone probably on this site once said you are not doing this to them you are doing it for them.…6 -
Re: Need Advice How To Overcome Emotions Putting Your Spouse In MC Home
It’s the hardest decision I ever made, but even as guilty as I felt, deep down I knew I made the right decision. It is stressful and tearful and lonely, and it will take a few weeks for you to begin …6 -
Re: Does It Start Over, And Over, And ....
Dear @howhale I am so very sorry for you and your great loss! As I try to make it through one more day without tears, it is hard for me to imagine how much worse it will be after my DH is gone. I see…4 -
Re: Does It Start Over, And Over, And ....
I have wondered how I will deal with it when it comes. Right now I wish it could be over. She is not happy and is confused most of the time and mostly bedridden. Seams like there will be some relief …4 -
Re: Losing my Temper With my DW
My DW acted the same towards me. Her ranting would last an hour or two every day. I tried everything but she was fixated on it. Whatever "it" was. We saw a neurologist and she prescribed Re…7 -
Re: Need Advice How To Overcome Emotions Putting Your Spouse In MC Home
Dear bwanasil, placing our loved one in memory care is indeed a heartbreaking decision. My husband has been in memory care for two years and it’s still hard at times but you will get through it. It’s…9 -
Useful resource, IDK?
Hello fellow caregivers. Like many of you I am on a solo journey caring for my LO with varying degrees of this baffling disease. Wondering if any of you have found AARP to be a useful resource? We li…1 -
Re: Does It Start Over, And Over, And ....
Your grief makes me afraid for myself with all that you are saying. It’s a frightening sad thought I love my DH so deeply and all this caring has made me so responsible and such a loving part of my o…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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