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Re: What do I do?
First off, so sorry you are walking this road with us here. I hope your experience with neurologists is different than ours but we had a completely wrong diagnosis of normal pressure hydrocephaly fro…6 -
Re: What do I do?
I understand the frustration of waiting seemingly forever for the doctors to provide information. I do want to warn you that, while some here have reported getting useful information from the neurolo…4 -
Re: What do I do?
MobbyGirl, I'm not very far ahead of you on this journey. We just saw DH's neurologist a week ago. Technically, this was DH's third neurologist. The first neurologist was one DH's…11 -
Re: What do I do?
welcome to group best thing I did 3 yrs ago. That being said Nurologist is first thing to address , too bad taking so long for appointment but they are all like that. Your DH isn’t going to understan…7 -
Re: Hospice for Alzheimer's
Hi @Lilydaisy https://www.cms.gov/medicare-medicaid-coordination/fraud-prevention/medicaid-integrity-education/downloads/hospice-overviewfactsheet.pdf Medicare is federal insurance for individuals ov…1 -
Re: Hospice for Alzheimer's
I don’t know about Medicaid, but my DW is in an MCF and has now been on hospice for over two and a half years under Medicare. She is very, very near the bitter end, Stage 7f, of this awful disease. S…4 -
Re: Problems with aides because DH is a difficult patient
I am so sorry this is happening, @easy23 It was good you were there and stepped up to talk with the charge nurse. You were in the right place at the right time to be a great caregiver and advocate fo…4 -
Re: Asking for tips on how to get LO to drink lots of water for radiation
Welcome. I assume there will be more than one radiation treatment. If these cause his dementia to progress even a little and you are concerned about getting him to drink the water now, what happens i…3 -
Re: FTD Any signals that the Mood is changing?
My sister had FTD and Primary Progressive Aphasia (logopenic), and I saw symptoms from the get go, although some of that was 20/20 hindsight. She had a mood swing even before she was diagnosed at mid…2 -
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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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