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Re: What I miss the most
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/224750#Comment_224750 You know it’s kinda sad, I don’t mention special days anymore. Not his birthday, my birthday, Easter, Christmas, anniversary, etc. Th…3 -
Motor Skills help
DH is late stage 6/early 7. We have been told that the next milestones for him will be mobility issues and then eating issues. He seems to be unable to do things like lift his foot on command. He wil…4 -
Re: Sister care giver♥️
Many with dementia have anosognosia. This is the inability to recognize their symptoms and limitations. When you try to help a person with dementia they become angry, because they don’t realize they …2 -
Re: Walks hunched over
Found this online: it appears in later stages of dementia as motor controls diminish. Also can be caused by: Visual Perceptual Changes:Dementia can affect how the brain processes visual information, …3 -
Re: New Here – Caring for My Husband and Our Young Family
Welcome Quiet! There is much to do, and you will need to figure out how to take care of everyone and everything in the household. There are good people here who will help you figure out many aspects …4 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (208)
Have a safe trip,Ron. Take rest stops along the way.1 -
Re: New Here – Caring for My Husband and Our Young Family
As a child, then young adult, and beyond: I watched my mother provide end of life care for her ailing parents then my dad. My values about how I deal with my DW ALZ are shaped by those experiences. M…5 -
Re: New Here – Caring for My Husband and Our Young Family
so sorry you have had to find this forum. I too am in the same situation you are in. My husband was diagnosed 5 years ago at 51 and me at 46. You are not alone. I have found some peace in trying to j…4 -
Re: CELA question for those who have consulted
My husband and daughter went with me before my husband was diagnosed. 6 months later my husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, my daughter and I went back to the CELA without my husband at that time…1 -
Re: CELA question for those who have consulted
@RetiredTeacher With all due respect, your son is delusional. Your gut is spot on. This visit about the realities of the future would be hard to hear as a PWD. Given his anosognosia, talk of a scenar…3
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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