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Re: New to this. DH with MCI due to AD
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/253886#Comment_253886 It seems like support groups are mostly targeted to family caregivers— spouses, adult children and siblings. There are Memory Cafes w…3 -
Re: Still waffling on MC placement
For various reasons we are planning to keep DH at home until the end (currently on hospice). He is about halfway through a two week respite because I was breaking under the caregiving load. Hospice h…3 -
Re: Too old for this/too young for this
Welcome. Sorry about your spouses’s diagnosis. He’s not in denial. He has Anosognosia—When People Don’t Realize They’re Impaired. He can’t understand he has dementia. Sadly there is no treatment. It’…4 -
Re: Feeling alone and lost
I have attached a staging tool that may help you make sense of some of the behaviors you are seeing. I agree with others. Get him tested and see a lawyer the sooner the better. An important rule when…1 -
Re: Trying to keep my sanity
There comes a time when you may want to wean your mom from phones and computers. She might respond to a scam phone call and get into financial trouble. She might order things online that she shouldn&…4 -
Re: Still waffling on MC placement
Life can lead us to such difficult situations, and it is normal that you can't deal with your emotions. Caring for yourself isn't selfish. It is, if I may say so, more clever in the long ru…2 -
Re: Still waffling on MC placement
It is the emotional roller coaster ride, the not knowing, the fear of making the 'wrong' decision for our LO. The fact that the calvary is not coming. The fact that WE were once a unit, two…5 -
Re: Considering move into Assisted Living for both of us
@Maru Have your children toured any of the places you are considering? I ask because until people actually see assisted living communities, they often think of them as the nursing homes of the past: …2 -
Re: Care home wants more meds because of aggression
my DH also was aggressive with staff during showers and changing his diaper. He kicked one of the caregivers. The facility had no choice but to increase his meds. They upped his Risperidone and added…3 -
Re: living the movie Groundhog Day
Have this problem alot, or DH will say I told him a different time or day something was going to happen. Usually I just say I must have looked at the time wrong.1
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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