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Re: Decompressing after a tough visit
TrumpetSwan, it might help to remember that your mother is not so much trapped behind locked doors as protected by locked doors. My wife sleeps behind locked doors, so she doesn't wander looking for …3 -
Re: Decompressing after a tough visit
This. This forum was a lifeline for me. And six months into Stage 8, it still is. Many times I’d take the long way home on back country roads and cry it out in the car. And like you, TrumpetSwan, I m…5 -
Re: Caregiver using public bathroom, husband wanders off
When I would have to assist DH in the restroom, we would go into the women's restroom and use the handicapped stall. If I needed to go, he stayed in the stall with me. My rationale was that the women…4 -
Re: Caregiver using public bathroom, husband wanders off
I would suggest asking a staff member to 1) verify the women’s restroom restroom is empty and then to 2) ‘guard’ the entrance to it while she takes her spouse in with her.4 -
Re: Dealing with Medication Management
Welcome! A weekly pill organizers that would allow you to kind of pop that days pills off the dispenser might work. You could set out Mondays pills keeping the other days tucked away. We also had a s…4 -
Re: Unusual Question
My wife can't have anything breakable in MC, so picture frames with glass are out. Don't take anything of value, because it will disappear. A favorite lap robe or quilt would be nice.3 -
Re: At My Wits End
You need to get your phone and call 911 for your DH’s altered behavior . Don’t wait; tell them you want him taken to the ER and need a Geri psych evaluation for HIM. Do you have Medical power for him…2 -
Re: I need a safe space for me
Thank you for sharing. In some strange way, it is comforting to know I am not alone in my struggles. Your part about take care of yourself really hit home with me. Like I can just book a spa day, or …13 -
Re: Any spouse caregivers of Alz patient with teens in the house?
Here's another unicorn. DH's symptoms first started when DS was about 8 or 9. FINALLY a doctor agreed with me that it was dementia and DH quit work when DS was in 9th grade. I gave DS a car as soon a…3 -
Re: Any spouse caregivers of Alz patient with teens in the house?
DH was diagnosed as our eldest was just going to college and our younger was in 11th grade. This was 4 years ago. They are doing okay. I'm sad that their dad will not be there for the large milestone…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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