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  • Re: What Happened?

    I'm sorry you've been hit with the double whammy. I will give you some advice based on my experience. The brain fog is a result of the continued and unrelenting stress you've been unde…
  • Re: Getting support from family members

    You have been given great advice. I will attach the staging tool. I agree with giving them information and asking for help with specific things, but I also recommend to keep your expectations low. If…
  • Re: Getting support from family members

    @A12270 I am sorry you find yourself in this situation. The disconnect between a spousal caregiver's need for meaningful assistance and whatever bandwidth adult children have available to delive…
  • Re: Report to DMV

    I live in FL. Although my DH wasn’t driving I reported it to the DMV to have his license revoked so I could remove him from my insurance. Although I had DPOA and he was in a MC facility the DMV requi…
  • Re: Do You Ever?

    https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/254928#Comment_254928 💕
  • Re: ALZ Caregiver Zoom

    I would love to do this, having just joined ALZConnected. However, tomorrow night my brother and I are having THE TALK with our mother about no longer driving. I hope you will do this again!
  • Re: ALZ Caregiver Zoom

    https://alzconnected.org/discussion/74134/alz-caregiver-zoom I just joined Alzconnect. Will you be holding another ZOOM?
  • Re: THC for caregiver

    I need to pipe up (get it) again. I’ll say it again. Gummies are a Godsend to me. No I don’t get stoned and Cheech and Chong like, I get relief. I’m not irresponsible or irrational, I don’t drive if …
  • Re: Urge to pee but no pee

    @sandyeigo UTIs in the elderly often have atypical symptoms even without dementia. Normally for a UTI you would see more confusion and agitation, and you might not see frequency or pain. Still, it�…
  • Re: Hearing, Yes or No?

    Thank you so much for this gentle reminder not to get frustrated and short tempered in the heat of the moment in earshot of our loved ones; feeling sorry afterwards just makes things worse. Thank you…

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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