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Re: My own irritability as a caregiver
Sometimes I truly (momentarily) don’t care that this person that IS but ISN’T my LO doesn’t understand my irritability. I know he will forget whatever ugliness passed between us verbally. I won’t for…8 -
Re: My own irritability as a caregiver
I am new on this journey as well and oh so guilty of my own erratic responses to my DM. The most useful thing I've learned since being on this site is "D A.R.E." I now remind myself pr…7 -
My own irritability as a caregiver
my DH has Alz, early to mid stage. My mood is so up and down in this caregiver role. I can feel very irritable, and angry with his responses. Other days I’m able to cope. I don’t like myself when I g…6 -
Possessed Look
Hi all, Lately, as my DW drifts deeper into her dementia, I've seen a kind of wild look in her eyes and she definitely does not look like she's seeing me at all in those moments. It's …6 -
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
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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