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  • Re: Using AI

    No, just asking it random questions is not all there is to it. You can have a conversation with it just like it’s a person. Tell it about your LO. What you’ve been through. What you’re feeling. It wi…
  • Re: Using AI

    you should give it a try. Just dictate everything you want to say and then tell it to put it in however many words you want. You can then tell it to save as a pdf and then send to your email. And you…
  • 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…
  • Re: Is it time?

    There are hundreds of ways a PWD can cause havoc at home and one person cannot be attentive 24/7.
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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 …
  • 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…
  • 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.
  • 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.

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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