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Evacuating in an Emergency
Greetings. When the Guadalupe River recently flooded, the police ordered everyone on my street to evacuate. It was a very scary experience. Here are some lessons I learned: It could happen to anyone …5 -
Re: Lost
I read your post and it's something I could have written. Last year my husband called the police without my knowledge, saying there were strange people at our home partying. I was shocked when two de…5 -
Re: Lost
First of all, I am sorry you have begun walking this journey with all of us here. I can only add that all the difficult behaviors (of my DH with ALZ ) as they come about require so much from me as a …7 -
Re: How to motivate your AD spouse to do things that will help her.
They arent self motivated because their brain is not functioning like it used to. It’s broken. They cannot learn new things and remember those things. Looking at a calendar means nothing. Five minute…5 -
Lost
I'm new to these discussions and I feel completely lost. My DH has become increasingly detached from reality. He doesn't know me at all. He thinks I am mean, even though I do everything for him. He d…8 -
Re: How to motivate your AD spouse to do things that will help her.
You don't say exactly how far along your spouse is, but it sounds like far enough along that the effects of dementia are really starting to take over her former abilities. Unfortunately dementia's ma…5 -
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…7 -
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
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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