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Re: Apologies...
I haven't posted for awhile as my DW is near the end and it is so very hard to deal with. She is 73 and in Stage 7f. Any attempt to filter out the true emotional toll of being a caregiver to a d…10 -
Re: Daughter helping care of DW
What really started to wear my mother and me down when we two were caring for my grandmother(combination of Alzheimer's and vascular dementia) full-time was her increasing sleep fragmentation. W…5 -
Re: From Maybe to Reality
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/231584#Comment_231584 https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/231584#Comment_231584 The reality of dementia really hit home with this. Where was the sh…8 -
Re: Well, That Didn’t Go Well
When we had to get 24/7 care for my mom, she hated the caregiver at first and was mean to her.. My brother told her it was the caregiver or assisted living, so she reluctantly chose the caregiver. Ov…7 -
I have Covid and DH in MC is on the verge of pneumonia
What a way to end the year! I came down with Covid this week and the Dr. prescribed Paxlovid. Unfortunatley, I am having a reaction to it and have had to stop taking it. Meanwhile, DH has a deep coug…10 -
Re: From Maybe to Reality
This last week we had to travel to go to my brother's funeral and help my sis in law with the house. The reality of this disease slapped me right in the face. DH had been coasting along with ver…6 -
Re: Hi - I really need input about end of life
Time to vent. I finally relented to hospice care for my husband, age 65. I have serious health issues of my own. I am 74. This crazy hospice team assigned to my husband are completely incompetent. Fi…6 -
Re: Eating less & sleeping more
I feel the same as @midge333 and can also understand not wanting a beloved person to go—-even though they’re no longer the same person. Our PWD has been on hospice and in a nursing facility/MC for 7 …5 -
Re: Eating less & sleeping more
I am sorry that you and your DH are in this situation. I am going to think out loud with you and please know in advance that what I am saying is intended to be kind not confrontational. Why do you fe…6 -
Re: When is it time…
@hiya you are looking at this wrong- it’s not that you would be putting you and children ahead of him- it’s that you recognize the following: This disease IS going to take him. It’s already taken a l…9
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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