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Re: Trigger warnings
I'm sorry Sandi. Best to do online or automatic bill pay with electronic billing or have mail delivered to a PO box. If getting the mail from the box is part of his routine, you can put the junk mail…5 -
Trigger warnings
Hi all, yesterday my LO with stage 4-5 received a late payment bill and spent 3 hours going through his papers and swearing he paid the bill even when there had been no check written or recorded. I h…5 -
Re: Cost of Memory Care
We put mom in Al having been told by Al that they accept Medicaid. Turns out they accept it but family has to pay the balance. I started looking at Al facilities that truly accept Medicaid and it was…5 -
Moment of Being Overwhelmed with WHY?
Please no advice! Just a listening ear is what I need. I am sitting at a Panera alone with an iced tea. I fled our home—literally—-a bit ago because I could not take another moment of being in the pr…11 -
The Velveteen Rabbit
I posted this a long while back, but most of the people here now are new, so I thought it would be a good time to repost. When we were married, almost 46 years ago, the priest added this reading to o…10 -
Re: When to move to memory care
There are a lot of answers to when. Mostly, it boils down to when the move would be beneficial for either the caregiver or the PWD. IMO, "recognition" doesn't really play into the decision.…6 -
Re: When to move to memory care
Good advice above. I would also suggest you not think of it as "abandoning" your wife, unless you are contemplating leaving her in a highway rest area. Placement in memory care is more like…19 -
Re: Just need to vent : Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
An entire news special focused on the investigation into their deaths carries the stink of slowing down to get a good look at a bloody car wreck. What pains me more, is that this damned disease carri…6 -
Re: Feeling So Sad 11
As I was leaving the hair salon, I talked with a gentleman that was leaving too, and we talked in the parking lot. He has cancer and is in the middle of his chemo treatments. He was telling me that h…8 -
Female spouse w/young kids looking for mom in similar situation?
I'd love to find a caregiver like myself to exchange texts with, like our own mini support group. This is likely too specific, but ideally it would be a woman whose partner is in the early stages of …5
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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