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Re: Reversed sleep patterns
@rwsel1 Who is prescribing her psychoactive medications? If it's her PCP or neurologist, it might be worth taking her to see a geriatric psychiatrist for medication management. Geripsychs are the spe…1 -
Re: Financial crisis in the making
@brett/lori Please talk to an elder law attorney. You have been dealt a raw deal, but you have options. There is a possibility that you could make a case that a year prior to his diagnosis, he had al…2 -
Re: Financial crisis in the making
ditto to harshedbuzz and Chickadee it’s such a rotten disease it’s so hard to understand how our DH’s can sometimes appear ‘normal’ but something will happen and you realise the cogs aren’t turning c…2 -
Re: What really happens to someone who has no family and alone with Alzheimer’s???
I've often wondered that about myself. My DW has late LBD, stage 7, lbs. I have no children of my own. I have a brother and two nieces but I seriously doubt they would care for me if I was down. I ha…4 -
Re: Starting incontinence
@jscott Because of anosognosia, the gentlest way might be to just replace her panties with one of the "prettier" Depends or Poise products leaving her no choice. Dad was super resistant, bu…1 -
Re: Planning for Future Young moderate Early Onset Alzheimer
I would recommend using "severe dementia" rather than stage 7. If you look up stage 7, it is a miserable state and I really doubt your husband would want to wait that long. You also want to…2 -
Re: MIL Needs Help But Has No Official Diagnosis - We Need Doctor to Come to Her
Thank you both for your replies, which is very helpful. To Eagle, thank you so much for the welcome. One of the reasons I am writing, from Chicago, is that my MIL refused to evacuate their house agai…1 -
Re: Reversed sleep patterns
Although our situation isn’t exactly the same I can pass along our journey and what has and hasn’t worked for my DH. My DH is currently late stage 6, early 7. For almost 2 years now I have dealt with…5 -
Need advice on companion care
My DW is 60. She was diagnosed with EO ALZ several years back confirmed with a PET scan. She is deep in stage 5. I work from home. I would like to hiring some companion care so I can go into the offi…1 -
Re: Planning for Future Young moderate Early Onset Alzheimer
I hope your DH's wishes will be honored if he gets them in writing. In retrospect, I think I was naive at the beginning because I had no idea how my DW's dementia would progress. In 2016, when we had…4
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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