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Re: When is it time…
Please find out if the memory care facility you use will know how to handle incontinence, especially if DH is uncooperative about being changed. The MC place should know how to handle opposition. Ass…3 -
New Year
For those of us who placed our loved ones in MC in 2024, the New Year represents the first year we are no longer providing care 24/7. Nonetheless, we experience sadness, worry, and exhaustion as we s…9 -
Re: Cost of Memory Care
in Portland OR $8500 seems to be the average. After a brief stay in memory care I brought my wife home and supplemented with home health care and it has worked out for the past year.1 -
Re: Cost of Memory Care
One facility in the Boston area quoted me 13,000/month and another is 15,000/month. I haven't looked further into it so I don't know about Medicaid/Medicare coverage.1 -
Re: Cost of Memory Care
Just under $6,000/mo. for a hospitality-mode MCF in the Pittsburgh suburbs, according to my neighbor whose mother resides there. However, the facility will not allow the resident to continue to live …1 -
Re: Cost of Memory Care
In our area, major city on the east coast, AL costs about $9,000 a month. MC $12,000+ and a nursing home $15,000. Six years ago we had a family member in AL for about $5,500 a month and MC was around…1 -
Re: Apologies...
SDianeL and forum mates, I am very late to this thread but have not been online much due to the "excitement" and "unpredictability" of Alzheimer's. Thank you everyone for saying e…7 -
Re: New Years Eve
(((Hugs))) for 2025 Biggles. I clearly remember last year wondering what would change by the next NYE. Probably the biggest change is that I can openly talk to the doctors in front of my husband, I c…4 -
Re: New Years Eve
I’m so sorry for your experience in what could have been a really fun night. I understand when you say you’re feeling flat - that is a good description. I had to forgo my long time NYE tradition of h…7 -
Re: Seeking Advice(3)
Hi ACaregiver24 - Welcome to 'here', but sorry for the reason... We are caring for MIL with AD/VD. With working and being mom to teen, you sure have your hands full. Is mom living alone? Since she is…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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