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Re: How to take away responsibilities
For me the key to survival was anticipating issues and being ready. It sounds like you need to change AmX to sending their notifications to you. So it will just drop off of his radar. You can an also…7 -
Re: How to take away responsibilities
You have been given great advice. If a credit card is important to him you might try giving him a prepaid card with just a limited amount of money on it.He is very vulnerable to scams and just poor j…4 -
Re: How to take away responsibilities
@shiawase12 I'm going to say this as gently as I can as the last time I told someone their hair was on fire, I hurt their feelings. I am so sorry you find yourself in this situation. In a way, t…10 -
Re: Gulp. So new I hope I’m reading incorrectly
Added to all the above, there’s a saying here: If you have seen one dementia patient, you have seen one dementia patient. What that means is that each person is different. Some might follow a stage c…2 -
Re: Suspecting Dementia, Trying Not to Panic - Money Worries
Welcome. Sorry for the reason you are here. I found this online but you should speak to his HR Dept and to an attorney as others mentioned. .“For a 69-year-old with dementia, obtaining long-term disa…1 -
Re: Alzheimer's and Finances
Sounds like a stage issue. Sadly, your dad entered the stage my mom just left. We were constantly having talks about her accounts, constantly logging on, without my knowledge, to check how much money…1 -
Re: Rehoming
You may not be able to make her understand, and it might not help much if you did. Keep making it a visit "for a few weeks," perhaps while her house has some repairs, or maybe there was flo…2 -
Re: Geriatric Psychologist
I think it is very smart of you to try and learn all you can. There are techniques and strategies that that may be helpful as things progress. For example therapeutic fibs, never ever argue or try to…1 -
Re: Gulp. So new I hope I’m reading incorrectly
Terribly sorry that you find yourself here. No getting around it, getting the verification of AL or some other kind dementia shakes the gound you walk on. When DH got his news last year, I was all gu…4 -
Re: Still waffling on MC placement
I promised myself I would keep my husband home. It worked for a while. As he got worse I become completely overwhelmed and depressed. I had help in house for a while but it was actually more stressfu…6
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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