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Re: New Journey Caregiving for friend-former spouse with Vascular Dementia
welcome, I’m glad you found us. You are clearly compassionate and resourceful. A few thoughts: hospice is wonderful but has a hard time keeping dementia patients enrolled because of Medicare regulati…1 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (205) May 2025
Talking about burial, I hated it when people said; don't he/she look good, when they don't look anything like they were. I had Lou cremated and instructed both boys to have me cremated. If it will do…2 -
Re: I need a safe space for me
I know how you feel. I do go to coffee once a week with friends and they keep urging me to get some respite. I kow they mean well but we live in a semi-rural area so it's not easy. One of these frien…5 -
Re: Broken bone
I do not know why but the stats on death after broken bones in the elderly is frightening.2 -
Re: Trying to think ahead
My DW got a jury duty summons a couple years ago. I told her neurologist about this and he gave me a very official looking letter indicating her diagnosis.2 -
Re: Trying to think ahead
I used the letters from her PCP and Neurologist to show them.2 -
Re: Unusual Question
What Dio and Carl said. I'll add though that we had a lot of photos in frames in my sister's room in memory care - none of them in glass. We had two fairly large family photos that we hung fairly hig…1 -
Re: Unusual Question
When my mother-in-law moved into memory care, her roommate was stage 5/6. Her family had made her a family poster. It had her name, stated her life long profession, things she liked to do, and had la…4 -
Re: Dealing with Medication Management
When it comes to medications I control them. I keep the bottles where my DH who suffers from Vascular dementia and Alzheimer's can not see them. If he sees a pill bottle with his name on it he will t…3 -
Re: Sundowning now all day
Sometimes just being together with lots of hugs, hand holding helps…anything to reassure she is not alone. I sat and watched a lot of TV with my husband…programs not my choice. Looked at large pictur…7
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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