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  • Re: I'm almost as overwhelmed as my mom

    Thank you both for the replies. She has a geriatric doctor but, because she is in hospital, the doctor cant/wont do anything (even consult) until she is released. Fortunately, hospital cant kick her …
  • I need help

    my husband will not shower anymore. I have to learn not to ask him anymore because it’s wearing me out. Shaving too although eventually he does shave. He’s sleeping until 2 pm. I wish he were ready f…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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. …
  • 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…
  • 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.
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    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. Iris
  • 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…

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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