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Re: when to stop work
I would suggest you consider FMLA before you decide to stop working. It allows you to work part time or to take of a couple of months from work while protecting your job status. That experience might…4 -
Re: Ordering Supplements
"There are answers, we just have to live with trial and error sometimes to find the one that fits our loved one. " Playing devil's advocate here — while the patient's ability to r…5 -
Re: Ordering Supplements
Reading this thread and all the comments and feedback just reemphasizes to me one more time how every individual with this condition is different. What works for one quite likely will not work the sa…8 -
Re: worried about my own memory
I wish self care was easy,but it isn't. I feel guilty all the time because I'm sick and tired of being around DH all the time. Every where I go he wants to go . Shopping is get what you nee…1 -
Re: Ordering Supplements
You mentioned he needs the card to buy gas. If he has been diagnosed with AD he should not be driving. It puts you in a very bad liability position in the event of an accident.7 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (210)
Brilliant, courageous?-1 -
Re: In hospital and medicine
you are NOT to blame for his decline. It happens. PWDs can progress rapidly at late stages due to many different things, one of which is the area of the brain affected by the dementia. It happened to…2 -
Re: when to stop work
I suggest you stop working when your outside work schedule disproportionately impacts your at home needs. Only you will be able to say, "when!"3 -
Re: Organizing home care
Please have her physician order a home health or hospice referral for her. They will help you with all of this.3 -
Re: worried about my own memory
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/74060/worried-about-my-own-memory Hi Linny, I have read that this is common for those who are stressed, depressed and grieving. You are very normal. Try to do anyt…2
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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