Have any questions about how to use the community? Check out the Help Discussion.
Popular Posts
-
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 -
Re: Adult Daycare?
A relative used adult day care, it worked very well for her, although sometimes it does not. Worth a try. Have you discussed the anger issues with his doctor? It is not as expensive as a home aid, bu…1 -
Re: Our experience with MC respite
He could have fallen at home with you next to him, it can happen that quick. I’m 66 and I had an L1 compressed fracture in June and just got released from my corset brace this month. I will start PT …2 -
Re: Downsizing While Caring for a Spouse with Alzheimer’s — Has Anyone Done This?
Remember that if you consider hiring in-home care, you are taking on the job of managing employees (whether hired independently or through a company). You'll be responsible for monitoring perfor…2 -
Re: Feeling useless.
My DH has VD from strokes, memory is still pretty good but very flat affect, is sedentary and doesn't initiate anything. He wants for me to tell him what we are doing today, where we are going, …7 -
Re: THC for caregiver
Early in our journey, DW and I would occasionally use low dose THC gummies. They did tend to make us more tolerant of the circumstances, more at ease with each other. As DW progressed, I became fearf…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
Read more