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Re: Hospital bed time. Moving really fast
@midge333 Hospice for dementia has different eligibility rules than hospice for physical terminal diseases. If you have cognitive issues, you do not have to be thought to be within 6 months of death …5 -
Re: How long did your loved ones stay in stage 5, 6, and 7?
I am nine-plus years into this nightmare we call caregiving. All timelines are anecdotal at best and guesses at worst. Each case is different, and even the experts and doctors cannot give me even a v…12 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (200)
Good morning Many years ago! Ron5 -
Re: Pulling the trigger on memory care
I haven’t yet had to face this and like so many I want to look after my DH until the end however I am storing up all this invaluable knowledge knowing that it ne day I might have to face this move. T…7 -
Angry at optimists
Anyone else get super upset when caregivers tell you how great your loved one is doing because they ate? Oh, Dad’s doing so well. He ate all his lunch. Look. I know you don’t know my dad pre-late sta…10 -
Re: Pulling the trigger on memory care
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Re: Three Years in Memory Care
Wow, Joe! We are kindred spirits where MCI placement dates are concerned. I had almost forgotten that three years have passed since both you and I placed our loved ones in Nov., 2021. Although DH is …10 -
Re: Pulling the trigger on memory care
My situation was somewhat different from yours. I was forced to place my DH in enhanced AL by his physical disabilities after suffering a stroke and many falls. He is a large man, and I am a small wo…5 -
Three Years in Memory Care
Today marks 3 years since I placed DW in Memory Care. I have been blessed as DW acclimated immediately to MC & has been happy and well cared for there. This morning I made her blueberry pancakes …17 -
Re: Pulling the trigger on memory care
For us, it was a combination of progression and a bad fall. He has progressed quickly. In Fall 2022, pre diagnosis, he was functional and even driving. He was progressing but I was able to care for h…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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