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Re: Help with restless, sleepless nights
For what it’s worth, my DH has success with Seroquel and a 10 mg THC gummy. I also use daytime gummies to help with anxiety and agitation. Just got him a cannabis medical card so we can save money on…6 -
Re: Social Scientists, We Are Here
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/253643#Comment_253643 I'm in this forum because my DH is in the early stages of dementia, but as a nurse I can confirm that physicians aren't equ…2 -
Re: Social Scientists, We Are Here
I agree with Chris20cm regarding the nursing home comment. Preparing for plan 'B', I have emailed several local care facilities requesting basic info and not a one has bothered replying. It…6 -
Re: Considering move into Assisted Living for both of us
The facilities that I am looking at either have a memory care wing or are close to memory care. I am already getting static from several of the kids on such a possible move, but as I told one today n…2 -
Re: The Stage 8 Club
Each day ( hour) will be different. Do what seems okay to you. You want to binge watch tv, do that. Binge read, do that. Sleep, do that. Rest. Take a book to a quiet cafe if you feel like it. Try to …3 -
Re: The Stage 8 Club
It's been 8 years since my beloved husband passed. I can tell you it gets easier. I still miss him horribly but the overwhelming pain is gone. I honestly thought I would join him that first year…3 -
Re: Leqembi infusions
I just had my 33rd Leqembi infusion. Here is one data point: I had the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) performed twice: a few months before starting on Leqembi and after about 10 months on Leqem…7 -
Re: Questions About Elder Care Attorneys
To begin with google nursing home Medicaid along with your state. Then find the part that talks about married couples where only one of them needs Medicaid. It should tell you how much in assets you …1 -
Re: Questions About Elder Care Attorneys
Just to give you an idea about our costs, he fully made the substantial changes we needed to our trust, took care of our real estate, changed beneficiaries, took her name off the assets allowed by la…1 -
Re: Refusing to take meds
My DH started balking at taking much needed medication a few years ago. I started agreeing he didn't need medication and then removed a one or two pills from the mix. Those pills were vitamins I…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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