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Re: Agitation emotional swings
I say the chance to lower her agitation, resentment and restlessness outweighs potential side effects of the medication prescribed. That's no way for either of you to live. You are now just mana…4 -
Re: Do I let go or keep going?
I have heard of a happy medium for those who really feel the need to push food, and that is to offer food and feed them, but do not persist for more than 20 minutes each mealtime.5 -
Re: Keeping a loved one at home vs nursing care
One of my very early questions here was about keeping my spouse home through it all. However, the realities of early onset hit. I needed to keep working and he could no longer remain home, and walkin…6 -
Re: Approved for hospice
My DW has been on hospice for two years. I have seen no downside to hospice. Hospice provides much more help than palliative care. It is true that with hospice you agree to forego curative treatment,…6 -
Re: Approved for hospice
We are all ‘terminal’. You can decide whether to extend his suffering or not. That is the way I look at it.6 -
Re: Do I let go or keep going?
so sorry you are at this point. I continued offering puréed food if he would respond. The next thing that happened was my DH lost the ability to swallow and aspirated. I chose not to treat the pneumo…4 -
Re: Agitation emotional swings
There isn’t much you can do for anxiety, depression, agitation or aggressiveness for those with dementia except medicating them. We have to weigh the benefits of the meds vs the side effects. No reas…3 -
Re: I Want To Live With Someone Else
@trottingalong OMG, yes to the negativity. Dad was an avid but mediocre golfer. On their retirement, they built a house along the fairway of a golf course. Prior to his diagnosis in the middle stages…1 -
Re: Approved for hospice
I just put my wife under hospice. It made me (and it will you) really have to take stock of how you’ll handle the ‘what if’ scenario. They won’t require it but they will encourage you to sign a do no…4 -
Re: Do I let go or keep going?
All I can say is that when my mom slept all the time, we would not wake her for meals. She had requested that if she could not feed herself that we do NOT hand feed her…we honored her wishes. AD is a…13
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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