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Re: another memory care question
@tucson anne IME, the single best resource for quality of a MCF is a local support group. With boots on the ground, they generally have information about the best options for your PWD based on their …5 -
Re: Tonight the sides close in
nothing is or will be the same again. It’s painful, it’s sad, it’s hideous, it’s horrible. This is not me this is not the path I wanted or want to take, to fight against it doesn’t work, to run with …5 -
I need help
my husband will not shower anymore. I have to learn not to ask him anymore because it’s wearing me out. Shaving too although eventually he does shave. He’s sleeping until 2 pm. I wish he were ready f…6 -
Re: Just sad! Rant.
I identify with you completely. When the first emotion you feel upon awakening in the morning is sadness and then quickly followed by dread, you wonder what it is doing to your own body, much less yo…4 -
Re: Just sad! Rant.
I totally understand how you feel. I cry almost everyday missing my DH and how he used to be. I cry because sometimes I just don’t think I could do this another day let alone another year. I cry beca…5 -
A good man with Alzheimers
I was called today by my husband’s memory care administrator to tell me that my husband was a hero. After dinner yesterday he witnessed a fellow resident inappropriately touch another who was in a wh…21 -
Re: Let me whine.
Hugs to you Josey. It’s been 14+ years for my DH. He’s 16 years older than I am and I’m still in my 60’s but I’m not sure what will be left of me when I’m no longer his caregiver. It’s wearing me dow…8 -
Re: Let me whine.
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/71088/let-me-whine You feel this way because it stinks, and there are no easy paths forward. My DH is in stages 4-5 of this disease, and I get so depressed about o…7 -
Re: Let me whine.
Josey, for sure we all get it. I am also in for the long haul with 7 years in so far but it's hard. There's so much I had planned for retirement for us, but no more. My husband is fearful o…5 -
Re: Let me whine.
I’m with PlentyQuiet and JoseyWales, started noticing memory issues when DH 50 and our boys were in Jr high/high school. Cognitive issues for about 4-5 yrs. I eventually had to do all the trips for t…7
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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