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Re: Went looking for love
I think this is wonderful for you. We are all different, with different needs. For some of us a group of like minded people is all we may need. But for others, there’s that longing for more. A deeper…3 -
Re: Need suggestions!
I would take her to go ‘to lunch’. I would not give her any prior warning at all. Take her to the facility, have lunch there + then escort her to her new room. I would say ‘the doctor’ says you shoul…1 -
Re: Need suggestions!
Hi DjetteAM - basically, you don't tell her. Sorry you are having to deal with that. What most have done is to set up the room prior to her getting there. When she gets there, you say it is temporary…2 -
Re: Relatively strong appetite in late stage 7?
On Nov 23rd ( Thanksgiving 20023 ) my DH ate his pureed dinner in the MC where he had been for 14 mo. he used his walker to return to his room. We played some matching animal cards game in his room a…2 -
Re: Obsessive plant watering
move the plants out of reach or restrict access to the room where you keep them, early on with DW, the behavioral variant of her EO FTD showed up in many repetitive behavioral, (sitting/standing, sho…1 -
Re: Obsessive plant watering
No amount of calendars or explanation would stop my mother from watering the plants 5 times a day, she simply could not retain that information. If we hid the watering can she used something else lik…2 -
Re: Obsessive plant watering
your story foreshadows other behaviors I’m starting to see. My wife does fill and forget (fortunately, I guess, we drink mostly water so it doesn’t waste much, just more glasses to clean up). Sage ad…1 -
Re: Dilemma about Memory Care
My experience with MC facilities is that they sell first to make $$$, and yes, they do cherry pick to get less costly consumers, with lesser behavioral symptoms into their facilities. Reading your de…5 -
Re: Brown Bottom
@MarDel0917 , get yourself some unscented wipes from Amazon or the drugstore. I am in the same boat; this has been a problem for a while. I am just now starting to intervene. I do try to time his sho…1 -
Re: Dilemma about Memory Care
My partner has been in MC for over two years and definitely was one of the higher functioning folks at both facilities she has been in (she is now on hospice). I think when everyone tours they are sh…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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