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Re: Very Young Onset – No Answers Yet, Just Holding On
DH is 62 and I am 55. This is so devastating when you are younger and working and raising kids. My kids are grown but I am raising our 8 year old grandson. You can be the advocate and ask the PCP to …3 -
Re: Very Young Onset – No Answers Yet, Just Holding On
Welcome Cole and so sorry that you are needing to find your way here. My DW is 49 and in stage 5 of EOAD, I am 62. In retrospect I can note dementia signs that started around age 39. I think it is es…7 -
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: Alzheimer’s research comments by RFKJr
I wonder how he will change it? Who will do the research and with what money? I wish there was a cure! I follow news out of the Netherlands who seem so much further not only in research but how they …4 -
Re: Selling Mom's Home Using POA When She Seems Lucid
I like it - poof. Maybe that should be our word from now on. Things are fine but poof! Its descriptive enough that everyone understands what it means and as caregivers we certainly understand it. Of …2 -
Re: Friend
What a heartfelt and sad situation to find yourself in. Dementia can hide itself for a long time, which I suppose means that people can live fairly normally with it for a long time too. We all have s…3 -
Re: Geriatrician vs. Neurologist
If you will search "Tam Cummings" and "Stages of Dementia" you will find a tool to help determine which stage your loved one is in.2 -
Re: Recent Diagnosis for my wife. Seeking local support groups. Seattle
I, too, am in Seattle and im caring my DH who hasn't been diagnosed with anything more than mild cognitive impairment. He is so beyond mild but pcp hasn't gone any further. We see a neurologist in Ju…6 -
How to get right in my head...
I struggle with my own emotions dealing with this. I am luckier than many. We are not as far down the road as some. DH can still do all his ADLS but is so emotionally needy. He is safe at home by him…9 -
Re: I feel myself withdrawing emotionally
Thank you so much for sharing this - I am also finding myself withdrawing emotionally from my DH. His behavior has changed dramatically in the last year and has become angry, dismissive, demeaning, a…5
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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