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Re: Any tips for a caregiver to work out?
That is so beautiful I so appreciated hearing this last part of your journey. I am hopefully working towards the same pattern. I know to some it doesn’t work but I am focusing on my DH and his requir…4 -
Re: Mom Making Up Stories
Anosognosia is very common with dementia. It is the inability of a person with dementia to recognize/accept their symptoms or limitations. It is very difficult. Trying to convince her of reality is j…1 -
Re: Mom Making Up Stories
This is one of the toughest stages, in my opinion. She is still cognizant enough to WANT to handle her own affairs (and believes that she can do it), but the reality is that she is not capable of tak…2 -
Re: Mom Making Up Stories
Hi SHW, I agree with the others. It’s very difficult at this stage. If she getting angry I would speak to Primary care about the anger. Im in a similar situation with my father. He was living by hims…1 -
Re: Mom Making Up Stories
what everyone else said plus things that will help you: read the book “The 36 Hour Day” which helped me after my husbands diagnosis. Search online for Tam Cummings videos on caregiving. Learn all you…1 -
Re: Won’t let me help clean him up
Oh how awful all these hurdles are. I know you said he doesn’t like to shower or change his underwear or clothes very often. It may not help but I’ll tell you what we do. We have a long shower room w…2 -
Re: Managing Incontinence
here’s a website that has the ones with tabs. I didn’t have to buy any as my husband went in memory care and they supplied them. High contrast toilet seat and using toilet bowl cleaner that makes the…3 -
Re: Any tips for a caregiver to work out?
I had hired help for the last 3 years of my wife's journey. I will offer a suggestion that may not be possible for some. My mind set was not hiring a caregiver for my wife. I would continue to do tha…6 -
Re: Long Geri-Psych Stay!
My husband was in a Geri-psych unit for two weeks, and is now back at his memory care facility. I did not experience anything like you have described! The staff was kind, calm, and competent. I know …2 -
Re: Long Geri-Psych Stay!
Delusions or not, there is no way I would leave my spouse in a place that wouldn’t allow me to see him and that degree of lack of transparency.1
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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