Have any questions about how to use the community? Check out the Help Discussion.
Popular Posts
-
Re: Mid-stage Dementia : Agitation and Aggression
Hello turnip, and welcome. You are right that agitation when it comes to showers and changing clothes is quite common. There might not be a tag for it, but I assure you that when you enter the term i…5 -
Re: Life is getting harder...
I have been listening to an audiobook titled, Travelers to Unimaginable Lands, by psychoanalyst Dasha Kiper. AlzWife2023 told us about it in another post. Kiper explains why dementia caregiving can f…6 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (214)
I think it's just the company name for that mask @Goodlife2025 I'd call it paisley too. 🙂1 -
Re: Forward Planning
I seem to run hot and cold with this. We have too much stuff and between my son, DW and I have been picking away at the "stuff" very slowly. DW is more hinderance than help but it is import…4 -
Re: Out of state “friends” hardly there and know everything
I'd like a quarter for every time some one tells me to "remember to take care of myself".6 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (214)
Lorita, Ron can tell you the right way to make red beans & rice, but I'll tell you the easy way. Cook a can of red beans (not kidney beans) down to mush. Drain a can of red beans and add it.…2 -
Re: Losing Weight, Looking for Advice
In addition to the advice above, are you aware of any medication changes that have occurred since she entered the MC? If a review of her medicine has not been done recently, I would ask the MC what s…2 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (214)
That gumbo reminds me of the old TV ad in which some cowboys were around a campfire and found out that the picante sauce was made in New Jersey. "NEW JERSEY!?"1 -
Re: Advice on Transition to MC
Thank you for your kind words and helpful tips. I am grateful for this community1 -
Re: Life is getting harder...
When my dear wife became unable to venture outside the home to grocery shop or most other things, I used delivery and/or pick-up and then it became even more difficult to even take her along. It was …10
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
Read more