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Re: Long term meds and medical screening
I understand completely. It's really quite remarkable how little compassion the physicians and other family members have for the 24/7 caregiver of spouses with dementia. DW was diagnosed nearly …5 -
Re: Medicaid and Nursing Homes: Not Political: Just Necessary to Speak Our
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/243276#Comment_243276 yes there are able bodied people on Medicaid who DO work but they don’t make enough money or their employers don’t offer coverage. Ye…5 -
Re: Anyone With Resentment?
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/72805/anyone-with-resentment I am in the same boat. He was never controlling but difficult. We have been married for 45 years and he has Alzheimer's and Vascu…5 -
Re: Visiting a stage 7 patient
I don't think we can actually know how much they understand about what is going on around them. Since we can't know, I think it's best to treat them as though they are still present wi…7 -
Re: Visiting a stage 7 patient
still visiting16 -
Re: Re: Respite
Respite care can be frustrating in that you need to do twice as much work ahead of time to prepare for it, and then work twice as hard when you get back to set things straight again. However, it is s…6 -
Re: Re: Respite
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/73066/re-respite That is true, nothing will cjange the prognosis but the ability to get out for 2 or 3 hrs and be just a normal person again, doing normal things y…7 -
Re: Re: Respite
If you are given the opportunity for respite, give it a try. Maybe it works for you, maybe it does not. What I have found on this journey is that I have to keep trying different things. The disease k…6 -
Re: Medicaid and Nursing Homes: Not Political: Just Necessary to Speak Our
I guess some people just needed to vent. That was not my intention, Anyway, let us admit we all our under permanent stress. I laughed at the now deleted description of me as a Rachel Madow latte drin…13 -
Re: Medicaid and Nursing Homes: Not Political: Just Necessary to Speak Our
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/243164#Comment_243164 Who determines who is able bodied? And what about those individuals with invisible disabilities?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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