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Re: Just when you think thing are doing prettygood
Yes my Dh stays by him self for 4 hours 2 days a week. My grandson knows when I'm not home now. It had not been a problem till a few days ago when the grandson showed up when I wasn't home. Now my Dh…2 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (203)
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Re: A diagnosis that isn't a diagnosis
Hello Peg, sorry you are here. My experience is that most physicians will not provide a diagnosis outside of their specialty. You mention stages, even most neurologists use only 3 general stages, ear…1 -
Re: A diagnosis that isn't a diagnosis
PP I like the other posters think the MCI is a cop-out, they don't want to be the messengers that get shot. Alzheimer's is only definitively diagnosable by biopsy or postmortem exam; but statisticall…1 -
Re: Not sure
I too agree with @midge333 , in the beginning it’s so life altering that i found my feelings were raw and skewed. Now that 5 years have passed, I find this site to be invaluable. Even tho I’m gun shy…6 -
Re: Waiting for the ER
Thanks for the update, though I'm sure it wasn't the one you or anyone hoped for. The ED is extra hard on a PWD. It sounds like he's got hospital delirium on top of everything else. He should do bett…1 -
Re: DH in NH pinched another resident km
The resident's family may raise a stink with the NH, but your DH won't be held responsible. The NH may increase his meds so that he'll be sedated so much that he'll be sleeping most of the time to cu…1 -
Re: DH in NH pinched another resident km
He's not going to jail. No court is going to find he has the mental capacity to be held responsible. What happens now is the psychiatrist is going to determine what he needs to keep him and the peopl…1 -
Re: Help help help
Having cleared and sold my parents’ house last summer, I’ll chime in to say that it is a huge relief not to be arranging to pay all those bills for insurance, property tax, electricity, gas, mowing, …1 -
Bible Verse to Lift You Up 2/8/25
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD Psalm 23 Amplified Bible A Psalm of David. 23 The Lord is my Shepherd [to feed, to guide and to shield me], I shall not want. 2 He lets me lie down in green pastures; He leads…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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