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Re: Thanks for the help as I go through this
I like your comment about everything taking so long. I have learned to slow right down and if I'm not too tired, in the right frame of mind - like you - I think "not rushing" is a great way…3 -
Re: Thanks for the help as I go through this
LynnBonser: educate yourself about anosognosia. Your husband truly thinks he's fine and cannot perceive his deficits. This is quite different from denial. It also means that you have to learn workaro…2 -
Re: Thanks for the help as I go through this
I found I needed help in a different way. My DH went through the angry stage last fall and I thought I was going crazy. Found an online therapist who has been awesome for listening and supportive whe…3 -
Re: This morning’s bathroom disaster
Ugh - welcome to the blue glove team. I am back to plunging the toilet these days, but it is our aide who uses gobs of tissue every time SHE uses the restroom and it is clogging our old plumbing. So …3 -
Re: Thanks for the help as I go through this
We can totally understand what you're going through. There are so many things we go through each day, each hour, that only someone in the same situation can understand. I am alone in the caregiving, …7 -
Re: Thanks for the help as I go through this
Hi there. Yes to all of that, including feeling selfish and so dang tired. I have found that I go from that feeling of exhaustion and feeling selfish, to deep despair, depression and anger, to I'm fi…6 -
Re: Heartbroken(7)
It is heatbreaking and overwhelming but you will be able to make your way and we will be next to you sharing information and lending our support. In my mind the first thing you look for in a facility…1 -
Re: Planning to move my father to my home
It’s good that you are going into this eyes open wide. My mom moved in with me a year ago after living mostly her entire life in VA , from one siblings family to another. She never had a place of her…4 -
Re: Traveling with AD, asking for help, lonely journey, how to cope?
Travel. My YOD (AD) partner was diagnosed 18 months ago, already moderate at 56 - he was a good masker and I was supporting him enormously, and buckling under the load!. It seems like half a lifetime…7 -
Re: How to know I’m making the best desicion
His PC has told me over and over he doesn’t qualify for home maker/ home health services because he doesn’t have 3 things that qualify him. Because he can still move around and he can feed himself. W…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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