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Re: New diagnosis but extreme condition
Hello and welcome. So sorry about your Mom’s diagnosis. What dementia medication is she on? Have you looked at the side effects? I would speak to her doctor about her pain after taking the meds. Mayb…2 -
Re: New diagnosis but extreme condition
Any time you think there is a medication reaction contact the prescribing doctor. Doctors do not know what you do not tell them. You can also check her medications for side effects using the site dru…2 -
Re: New diagnosis but extreme condition
Honestly a lot of her symptoms sound like diabetes. Has she been checked for that? Excessive thirst / urination / nerve pain all go with diabetes. Not a full explanation and dementia is also there pe…2 -
Re: Suggestions about what to ask of a home health aid?
I have spoken to several agencies that have VA funding approval for in home care. They offer the same services such as bathing, dressing, feeding, light housework and light meal prep, transporting yo…2 -
Re: THC for caregiver
With the medications I’m giving my DW, I have considered gummies. Before I needed back surgery 15 years ago, I finally came to the view that they are a medicine like pills, but natural. And, I’ve alw…4 -
Re: New Job Offer & Whether To Move
Congratulations on doing so well in the interviews! You have received great advice about money, lawyers, and Medicaid. Information about the options for your mom will be a useful factor in your decis…3 -
Re: CCRC forcing LO move from independent to MC
Be sad she has dementia- a progressive disease , but grateful she can stay in the same location and get the right level care- which was included in her purchase decision . Financially ind units are C…2 -
Re: Need Reassurance
Sadly, I know that guilt. However, as an person dealing with my own life-threatening disorder, I try to dismiss the guilt as soon as it comes along. Remembering the statistics pertaining to caregiver…5 -
Re: Downsizing While Caring for a Spouse with Alzheimer’s — Has Anyone Done This?
Have you looked at the cost of bringing people in to help with managing the current house? I have known people who are fortunate enough to have the resource to use paid help so that they can stay the…1 -
Re: Hearing, Yes or No?
As a nursing instructor, I can state that the sense of hearing is indeed the last to go. I would often ream students & staff members out if they gave report directly at their comatose patient…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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