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Re: Can I Do This?
I feel the same way you do @WIGO23 . I am so grateful for this site because at least I know I am not alone. Some days I think I can do it but then other days I am in the dumps. Please know you are no…1 -
Re: Taking it away
To some degree this is just what happens, not a lot to be done. If it's not the wallet it will be something else, or something imaginary that stresses her. It's a really hard phase of the d…1 -
Another missing person left an AL facility
Please don’t allow people with dementia to live alone or put them in ALs. They are not watched 24/7. This is the 4th case in the last few weeks. Just because they have never wandered before doesn’t m…1 -
Re: Another missing person left an AL facility
so very sad! I was talking with a friend today whose mother has AD. Leaves her home while she goes to work. Has friends check on her a couple times a day. I said no way I could leave DH alone! I gave…1 -
Re: Another missing person left an AL facility
If he was observed by staff leaving the facility on foot at 2:58 am, why didn't one of the staff go and get him and bring him back? That's gross negligence.2 -
Re: Coping with Increasing Sleepiness?
I'm on the other side of this. DH has EOAD, and it progressed rapidly. He is now sleeping 14-17 hours per day, and I am grateful. It is a welcome change from the pacing and agitation, the hyper …3 -
Re: Coping with Increasing Sleepiness?
my son is now 6 years after diagnosis. The increased sleeping is becoming more of a problem to manage. He fights getting up and really gets quite angry when we won’t him go to bed early. His doctors …1 -
Re: Coping with Increasing Sleepiness?
Can they bring his meals to him? Maybe it’s the dining room that bothers him. I would continue to visit when you can and encourage him but don’t feel guilty about not being there for all meals. Peopl…1 -
Re: Coping with Increasing Sleepiness?
I hear you & I walk with you.🙏🏽 I believe my mom just entered early stage 6. She too has been seen dozing off easily & frequently throughout the day. Sh has always.had a bad case of insomni…2 -
Re: New clinical trial for MCI
The article does briefly discuss the Alzheimer's Tau Platform (ATP) Clinical Trial. This is a trial lead out of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) by Dr. Boxer. Back in April 2024…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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