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Re: Lonliness when caring for a spouse with ALZ/dementia
There are many things that I feel like I can't share with my adult kids too. That makes me feel like I am not being completely honest with them but I also feel like as a parent my responsibility…5 -
Re: The conflicting emotions...
I will be sad when my DW dies, but I do not want her to live one minute longer for my sake.6 -
Adult teenager
I barely survived raising my own kids.....now my husband with Alzimers has become a defiant teenager. I am not wired to deal with this!!! Been a really bad day in my household. God give me strength!10 -
The conflicting emotions...
The past two weeks have been a continual decline. My DH is sleeping more each day. A month ago, DH started each day with a quarter mile walk with the walker at sunrise, and we could take car rides an…7 -
So over this...
I hate my husband. I've been thinking this way for a long time and just felt like I needed to say it. I hate everything about him and this disease. I have no help, so the last 7 years have been …24 -
Re: What to tell my wife about hiring help
It is all in the approach and it usually does not go well if the help is for "help with/for you". What worked here…me; "Dick, debby has a friend who has been laid off and is looking to…6 -
Re: This is so damn hard
I’m right there with you! It really is so sad and frustrating for us both. Sometimes I just have no answer for the weird questions I get. It’s exhausting trying to translate it at least come up with …5 -
Re: Life expectancy
My DW was diagnosed in 2023 with EOAD at the age of 53. We were also told that the Alzheimer’s probably started several years before diagnosed. I’m thinking she was at stage 3 then. She is now late s…6 -
Re: Life expectancy
Also I forgot to mention for you is to get all your legal paperwork completed while your LO can still make decisions. If you haven’t contacted an elder law attorney, definitely worth the money to hel…8 -
This is so damn hard
Sigh. My poor DW. She so much wants to tell me things and express her thoughts and she just cannot say it. Seeing her struggle and trying so hard is just killing me right now. I know it's not ra…11
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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