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Re: A Smack of Reality
I was prescribed gabapentin for nerve pain. The doctor increased the dosage over a two month period. It drastically impacted my cognitive functioning. I couldn’t process information or focus on any t…3 -
Re: Downsizing While Caring for a Spouse with Alzheimer’s — Has Anyone Done This?
I think that one of the best pieces of advice for something similar was that the caretker spouse should do what will make them happiest. While you dad will con-in-tinue to decline, hopefully your mot…1 -
Re: Downsizing While Caring for a Spouse with Alzheimer’s — Has Anyone Done This?
I made the decision to downsize from a very large home with a huge yard etc…in the early stage of my DH disease. He was at stage 4/5.( age 69) I knew I could not continue to care for him and keep the…4 -
memory care bail out
Well I thought I had done it. I placed my DH, probably early stage 6, in a local memory care facility. I had looked at every likely place and decided this one was the best. No health department citat…13 -
Re: Visual issues related to Alz
My DH - who passed in August - was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s-Posterior Cortical Atrophy after a PET scan. Among his first symptoms was an inability to follow a line of print when reading out loud to…3 -
Re: Caring for My Dad (65, Alzheimer’s) — Looking for Guidance
Cameras are maybe a good idea so you can randomly check in and see what is going on. For me, deciding when DW could not be left alone was very hard. For personal reasons, I wanted to delay this decis…1 -
Re: Caring for My Dad (65, Alzheimer’s) — Looking for Guidance
Welcome. Here are the things I considered when my mom was home alone. Can he use a phone to get help if needed? If there were a fire would he know to leave the house or would he try to put it out? Wo…2 -
Re: Odd Behavior
Many PWD lose their social filters and say inappropriate things. If you want to continue taking him out, you could have small cards to hand out subtly after the incident with an explanation that he h…2 -
Re: Anyone RV Camping?
I don't have experience specific to RV, but here are might thoughts. The things that DW enjoyed the most and has been doing the longest continued to work into the late stages. We traveled quite …5 -
Re: Bidet Toilet Seat
I used one very successfully with my DW, but only after I began to assist her as she was starting to become incontinent. I would take her to the bathroom regularly as a preemptive measure. At that po…4
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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