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Re: Just need to talk to my friends (217)
Sooo…drilling further into ancestry I found that I,my children's father,my greatgrandchildrens family and my son-in -law are Scottish. I am looking into learning how to play the bagpipes!!!5 -
Re: Wants me near always
Welcome Bowerbird, the MC facility helped me get him there and settled in. A nurse and Social Worker were involved. They do this all the time. They suggested that we come for lunch. My daughter went …5 -
Re: Hope or Cope?
I could have written your post. When we got the diagnosis of MCI, we spent a month getting financials in order and planned for the future. This is what appears to be working for us and keeping my hus…5 -
Re: Anyone able to keep alzheimer spouse home until death
The two people I used split the 7 day workweek. They both worked part-time but each day grew to about 7 hours per day toward the end. You will likely need help every day at some point and that will r…5 -
Re: Forgetting we are married
I have been thinking lately about all the things that I used to stress out about that I have let go of over the past year. In some ways, DH's ALZ is teaching me about what is really important.5 -
Re: Forgetting we are married
My DH forgets who I am (we've been married 16 years,) but he is always happy to see me and have me visit him in MC. I tell him my first name if he asks who I am, but honestly I've stopped r…5 -
Please, I need some advice…
My DH who is wheelchair bound due to instability has become very disoriented early (3, 4, 5 am) in the mornings and becomes trapped in some work loop where he insists he HAS to get up right then and …5 -
Re: Tips for Sundowning
I do believe I have the female version of your DH. Everything you described is my DW to a tee. Right when I think I have this thing figured out, I am thrown for a loop.Im just glad I have this forum …6 -
Re: Forgetting we are married
My HWD and I have been married for 57 yrs. He no longer thinks that I am his wife…when he occassionally does remember he relives all of the horrible things I have done over the years…(mostly fictitio…5 -
Re: Forgetting we are married
My DH asks me where I live nightly. We have been married 33 years. Not sure who he thinks I am. But, he talks about his first wife all the time (they were married 23 years). He tells me made-up stori…6
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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