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Re: I am forgetting, too
For Sure…. so much I’m getting worried. I put the butter in the silverware drawer 🤨5 -
Re: Unable to change soiled clothing
Yup. I have wipes and wash. I don't think he has the mental capacity to use either at this point. I plan on bringing clean clothes with on his next doctor's appointment. It would be nice if…6 -
Re: Unbelievable rage
I have not had to deal with anything like that so I don't know but I think you should call the Alzheimer's hot line and crises control to get some professional input and to have a record th…5 -
Re: Angry
We stopped being perfect the moment we were born. As much as we all would like to be perfect caregivers, we can't do it. I suspect even professional caregivers have some of these moments. So rel…5 -
Update on Memory Care transition
My DH has been in MC now for 34 days. He continues to have delusions about his safety and mine, but I have found that he starts down that path if I am with him too long and there are no outside activ…7 -
Re: Need advice/support on next steps
They still have availability. I have eval for him with their nurse next Thursday. I sent the paperwork to our NP today. She may want to see him to complete it. Will await the answer. Will keep you al…6 -
Re: Anosognosia, alcohol and dementia
My husband and I have always enjoyed a good IPA beer. As we began the journey of AL, we did about a month of clean eating and no alcohol. He had just started donepezil. There was a marked improvement…5 -
Re: Anosognosia, alcohol and dementia
My dad had cancer an was an alcoholic. He was released from the hospital to a SNF for a while before we got him home on hospice, but while he was at the SNF I would take him a small bottle of whisky …8 -
Unbelievable rage
Last night we argued about sleeping in his jeans I asked him wouldn't you be more comfortable if he took them off Hours later he raged downstairs and told me to get out of the house He said he w…6 -
Re: Anosognosia, alcohol and dementia
He's terminally ill. Assuming he doesn't have an alcohol-related dementia like WKS, moderate drinking in this instance is unlikely to change anything. Why take this pleasure from him?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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