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Re: Keeping a loved one at home vs nursing care
My hope is to keep DH (75yo, stage 5ish) at home with me. I've just started in-home part time 'sitters' (3, 4hr mornings). First sitter wasn't a good fit, and the 2nd sitter just …6 -
Re: You Might Be A Caregiver If...
OMG I need this thread today!! New to using the discussions for some insight and validation that I am not crazy!! Thank you one and all!!😊5 -
Re: What next?
Please call Hospice and call more than because although the required services are the same personnel makes a difference.3 -
Re: What next?
I've read on here that hospice, if called, can and will come out and evaluate and seems each Hospice has different criteria? At least it would give you a definitive answer to "I don't …3 -
Re: What next?
Please call for a hospice evaluation. You don’t need a doctor for this; you can do it yourself. It sounds to me like your DW would definitely qualify, and you will get some much-needed help and guida…10 -
Re: Just as my DH is forgetting who I am, I am also forgetting who he is.
New here. First comment! I've had moments when I cried myself to sleep because I can't remember my sweet DH before this disease. I told my daughter how heartbreaking it felt since he was my…6 -
Re: Just got the scan results - now what?
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/257391#Comment_257391 You really do have to actively advocate for your loved one. My mom passed the simple pcp, draw a clock test just fine. I had to insis…1 -
Re: progression question
As eveyone else has said…there are no clear cut signs and symptoms…or put differently, your LO will seem just fine and normal for days or weeks at a time, then one day they will be confused if you as…4 -
Re: Mom from IL to AL to MC in one month
I can relate. It was difficult to get my mom to her appointment with her neuropsychiatrist. It was always stressful wondering how I would get her there. Every ride to an appointment she'd get an…2 -
The morning after....
Good morning all. It is the morning after my first Leqembi infusion. I had worked myself into a tizzy of fear that by the time I got to the infusion center I was trembling so uncontrollably I was alm…2
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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