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Re: PPA Semantic variant Swallowing issues
If the problem is musclular rather than brain a speech therapist can definately help. Our daughter has been teaching infants,, children how to do this for many years. Your doctor should be able to re…2 -
Re: Is it time?
There are hundreds of ways a PWD can cause havoc at home and one person cannot be attentive 24/7.1 -
Re: Please help 😭
Welcome. Have your parents appointed durable power of attorney, for both of them? If not this is very important. Since neither of them will recognize the importance of this (and trying to convince th…2 -
Re: Medicaid Cuts, Inside Info or Tea Leaf Readers?
Numerous reports cite likely hospital and facility closures and other effects. According to various policy impact assessments, the rural area where I grew up will almost certainly lose its local hosp…3 -
Re: Medicaid Cuts, Inside Info or Tea Leaf Readers?
Some states have expanded their Medicaid programs to cover all people with household incomes below a certain level. Others haven’t.Whether you qualify for Medicaid coverage depends partly on whether …1 -
Re: Preventing outbursts
In my experience, outbursts often came out of nowhere. Toward the latter part, before and after placement, it was shower, brush up, wash up, changing diaper/soiled clothes that set him off. None of t…5 -
Re: Hospice while in MC
We were helped tremendously with extra visits and attention while my mom was in MC. I encourage you to have him assessed.5 -
Re: Hospice while in MC
It was a benefit for my wife and my mother. Further, it was covered by Medicare and cost me nothing. I am even receiving chaplain services for a year after my wife's death, so it helps me too.5 -
Re: Hospice while in MC
My mom and step-dad both had hospice while in an AL. Doing so gave them more 1 on 1 care, a visiting nurse dedicated to them during the visit, shower help, incontinence supplies, a hospital bed, meal…7 -
Re: What do you say to LO who is experiencing Hallucinations/delusions?
I always look when my DW says she sees people. I mostly say that I don’t see them. Sometimes when she thinks there are people in the house, I tell her I’ll go ask them to leave. So far, these seem to…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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