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Re: Caregiver who is a nurse
welcome. I’m not a nurse but I learned so much from this online community. The best advice I got here was “you can’t reason with someone whose reasoner is broken” and I repeated that daily many times…1 -
Re: Caregiver who is a nurse
I'm a master's prepared RN with an administrative specialty. It has helped but I don't have very high expectations after dealing with two parents and other family members with dementia…5 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (211)
Well, what is a cookie spreadsheet? Must have missed that. It's cloudy and cool with a north wind this morning but will be hot tomorrow. Mike came early this morning, took one look at Billy and …1 -
Re: Hello- I am happy to have found this forum and I am in desperate need of advice
Kelly, hello and welcome though sorry for the reason you are here. What you are describing is called hospital delirium and it is fairly common in the elderly, even in those without Alzheimer's. …2 -
Re: First Post
I assure you that my rose colored glasses fell of and were obliterated by a bus in 1990. I am FULLY aware of what it takes to care for a dementia patient. My grandmother died of Alzheimer's a fe…2 -
Re: First Post
I reread your story. I am very concerned. You appear to have rose-colored glasses on regarding your love story with a man who by your own admission had signs of dementia before you married him that y…3 -
Re: destructive treatment from my wife's daughter
I would seek the advice of an attorney. We had a member here whose child helped her husband to divorce her.1 -
Re: destructive treatment from my wife's daughter
I agree with the advice you were given. Additionally, I am not a lawyer, but based on what I know from family members who lived this, your wife has diminished capacity that could invalidate any docum…3 -
Re: First Post
Thank you all for your kind words and concern. To answer your questions… my boys are definitely aware of his disease. They go to school full time and have both had part time jobs since high school. T…7 -
Re: so overwhelmed
Welcome. You have been given good advice. Not everyone with dementia gets angry, a plan B is very important (some facilities have a waiting list, Medicaid is complicated, start looking into it now), …1
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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