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Re: New Here – Caring for My Husband and Our Young Family
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/73458/new-here-caring-for-my-husband-and-our-young-family I am new as well. I am caring for a husband who is 20 years older than me and I understand the "loss…7 -
Re: MIL with dementia
Welcome to the group! You are doing a lot. On top of that you're being verbally abused by your MIL, adding to your stress even further, so the road to burnout is going to much shorter, if you�…3 -
Re: Not sure what to do anymore
@JulietteBee There are different types on POAs and they're more dependent on how they are written than the state in which you reside. I had the DPOAs written by a CELA in order to do what mom an…3 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (208)
Iris. I asked the girl who delivered my groceries if they were busy and she groaned and said it was terrible. Said the store wss full of people who seemed like they had never eaten, buying everything…1 -
Re: Cataract surgery with dementia
@jj-m Did you go over the aftercare instructions in detail with the surgeon? DH's surgeon didn't offer the combination drops, in fact one of his eyes needed an additional drop for a time be…1 -
Re: “Borrowing” memories that aren’t their own?
Technical term is "confabulation". If you use that as a search term you will get more info.3 -
Re: Caregiving help for a parent - what has worked well for you?
For safety and reliability, I would suggest you hire through an agency. They will do background checks on their employees and if your assigned worker is out sick, they will send a replacement. You ca…1 -
Re: Taking Away Driving Privileges
My therapist has suggested sitting down now with my husband and agreeing at what point he will stop driving. You can find a list of warning signs on line. The problem is, he has always been a poky dr…3 -
Re: Not sure what to do anymore
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/247336#Comment_247336 I believe there is something called a spring DPOA that requires two doctors signatures before it is activated.2 -
Re: “Borrowing” memories that aren’t their own?
It's a conflated memory aka confabulation. This happens when a PWD recalls the gist of an event but is missing the details of the who, what, when, where and how and proceeds to backfill with a c…4
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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