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Re: Christmas Cards
Feel your feelings and be gentle with yourself. It sounds like you are feeling isolated yet you realize the importance of staying connected with family and friends. Sending a card tells them "I'…1 -
Re: Christmas Cards
I decided to wish everyone a joyous Christmas and not bother saying anything about myself or family! I sent my cards out early and the positivity has been palpable. Find the joy! Wishing you peace &a…5 -
Re: Christmas Cards
I would just send the second sentence while wishing a merry Christmas.1 -
Re: LO threatening to get kicked out of MC so he can live on his own.
You may need to have him declared legally incompetent. I am surprised the bank or memory care facility didn't suggest this as an option, but it removes his ability to stop payments or buy anything.2 -
Re: Daughter helping care of DW
What really started to wear my mother and me down when we two were caring for my grandmother(combination of Alzheimer's and vascular dementia) full-time was her increasing sleep fragmentation. Whiche…5 -
Re: LO threatening to get kicked out of MC so he can live on his own.
He may be heading for an admission to a Geripsych inpatient unit if MC facility won’t get someone with adequate training to see him and prescribe the right medication that works quickly enough. Defin…2 -
Re: This confuses me
It is truly a mystery how sometimes the brain synapses suddenly start firing correctly for a period of time. Sometimes it is 'showtiming', when for a short period of time, the PWD can appear almost n…3 -
Re: Spouse Wants to start arguing
My DH doesn’t start arguments but he used to persistently obsess over things that did not make sense or over things he thought we needed to buy that didn’t make sense and he would get combative if I …1 -
Re: Daughter helping care of DW
Lilydaisy— I think it's worth an open discussion. When you say "home health" what do you mean exactly? IME, "home health" is typically post-acute care or medical assistance in tre…2 -
Re: Feeling Fragile
Your feelings are understandable but also very serious. It can be overwhelming when the waves of ambiguous /anticipatory grief hit you. When I found myself stuck in this sadness I burst into tears at…1
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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