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Re: How to motivate your AD spouse to do things that will help her.
@gb2 You can't change how your DW functions in light of her disease progression, you can only reframe your thinking and change your behavior. None of the strategies you have devised thus far are…5 -
Re: The state investigated last week's incident and says my DH has to move...help
He needs medication management at a geriatric psychiatric unit supervised by a geriatric psychiatrist. Ask what type of "counseling" is bring considered from the counseling group. PWD canno…6 -
Re: The state investigated last week's incident and says my DH has to move...help
@White Crane I am so, so sorry you are now dealing with this in the context of how upset you alreay were. I'm curious. I have heard countless times of a facility giving a resident the boot becau…9 -
The state investigated last week's incident and says my DH has to move...help
In my last post I told how DH had groped a female resident at his MC. Now the state has stepped in and says he can no longer stay there. The social said she told them they were willing to keep him an…7 -
I've been away for a while and need to talk
Since I was last on this site, we moved to a smaller townhouse 1 1/2 away from that awful town. He did ok with the move. I'll just skip to now. he had 2 seizures a month ago in which the hospita…7 -
Re: I am forgetting, too
Same here. I have to write everything down anymore. Can’t hold three or four things in my head. I know it’s from the stress, anxiety and worry of being a caregiver. In addition to forgetting stuff, I…8 -
Re: Have no support
This community, along with the development of some online supportive friendships with others in similar circumstances, have been a wonderful lifeline for me, otherwise the loneliness, isolation and a…6 -
Having one disaster after another with my LW
I’m m new at all this since February ‘25. I read the wrong week on my calendar this morning and went took her to her hip doctor and missed a very important EMG test at Mayo Clinic. I’m having trouble…9 -
Re: Joining with a thank you
Thank you for sharing. That is a very well written introduction. One thing I tell myself repeatedly as I am traveling this journey is that disease progression does not mean care gets more difficult. …5 -
Re: Hoping he will forget me
Thanks everyone for your kind words and another swift kick in the keister! I’m stalling I know it. We do have a brand new Dr. appt. on Monday. It’s with a geriatric aging center with all the speciali…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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