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Re: New to this. DH with MCI due to AD
@whytever Hi and welcome. I am sorry for your reason to be here but pleased you found this place. As MOCAs go, 24 would indicate fairly early in the disease unless your DH came to Alzheimer's wi…3 -
Re: New to this. DH with MCI due to AD
I am sorry you are here with us. I understand what both of you are going through. This is a sucker punch and devastating. Talk to his neurologist about the depression. Medication might help. You defi…3 -
Re: Anosognosia—When People Don’t Realize They’re Impaired
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/253834#Comment_253834 Showtiming will get harder with disease progression. He won't be as adept at it, nor will he have the mental stamina to maintain…1 -
Re: New to this. DH with MCI due to AD
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/253886#Comment_253886 It seems like support groups are mostly targeted to family caregivers— spouses, adult children and siblings. There are Memory Cafes w…3 -
Re: Still waffling on MC placement
For various reasons we are planning to keep DH at home until the end (currently on hospice). He is about halfway through a two week respite because I was breaking under the caregiving load. Hospice h…3 -
Re: Too old for this/too young for this
Welcome. Sorry about your spouses’s diagnosis. He’s not in denial. He has Anosognosia—When People Don’t Realize They’re Impaired. He can’t understand he has dementia. Sadly there is no treatment. It’…4 -
Re: Feeling alone and lost
I have attached a staging tool that may help you make sense of some of the behaviors you are seeing. I agree with others. Get him tested and see a lawyer the sooner the better. An important rule when…1 -
Re: Trying to keep my sanity
There comes a time when you may want to wean your mom from phones and computers. She might respond to a scam phone call and get into financial trouble. She might order things online that she shouldn&…4 -
Re: Still waffling on MC placement
Life can lead us to such difficult situations, and it is normal that you can't deal with your emotions. Caring for yourself isn't selfish. It is, if I may say so, more clever in the long ru…2 -
Re: Still waffling on MC placement
It is the emotional roller coaster ride, the not knowing, the fear of making the 'wrong' decision for our LO. The fact that the calvary is not coming. The fact that WE were once a unit, two…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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