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Re: Moved husband to memory care and he just wants me
I think of placement in Memory Care all the time, and how my DH will react. He is Stage 6 and mostly is cognitive age 4. He believes his wife left him last year and I've been hired to be his caregive…5 -
Re: Near the end
After reading the comments, I'm hopelessly depressed. I think DH is in stage 6. So this could go on a very long time, many years, as he progresses through the stages of his freaking disease. Many mor…5 -
Re: Who am I?
I have been where you are and some days I’m right back there again. I frustrate myself. I miss who my husband was and I think right now, I miss me more. I also think of my DH more in terms of him bei…6 -
Re: Downsizing with Dementia
Almost 10 years have passed since we downsized and moved closer to my daughter and her family. We only moved about a half mile across town, but it was a big undertaking since we had to clean out a la…7 -
DH now in MC - give it time-update
I moved my DH into MC late May. He is early stage 6. I got him there by saying our hardwood floors were being refinished and we are staying in a hotel. The first 6 weeks were absolutely awful. Highs …12 -
Re: Downsizing with Dementia
I totally relate. From the point three years ago when I finally got her to admit something was wrong and saw a neurologist, until recently, my salvation was my never ending do-list. There was so much…5 -
DW Seizure
My DW who has been living with ALZ for 7 years (64 yr) had a seizure last week ( first one) about 9:30 AM in the morning. The seizure lasted about a min and to see your wife in convulsions was really…6 -
Who am I?
Just thoughts … Year 5 since DH was diagnosed with vascular dementia. Looking back I realize how naive I was. Not knowing what to expect, what to ask, how to help him, how to help myself. And not sur…7 -
Re: Anyone else taking care of otherwise healthy dementia patient?
Well I thought I would update everyone one year later,,she is soon to turn 86,,going on bedridden for almost 3 years now, full of energy, needs meds to sleep, hungry all the time and has gained weigh…5 -
Re: Tests and medications
It's such a blessing to have this space to discuss these very complicated matters. After years of walking through this awful disease with my DH, I wonder even for myself, how much testing, etc. I wan…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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