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Re: Questions for the neurologist & Can we keep it a secret for now?
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/257872#Comment_257872 Thank you! I feel like Mom really needs someone closer to her age who can spend time with her. While we do things together like docto…1 -
Re: The money is gone!
So sorry about all the fracas! You are doing good work, and yes, the disease is dreadful. Hang in there. Rant as much as you need to. You are among friends.1 -
Re: The money is gone!
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/248888#Comment_248888 I think SNF is meant: skilled nursing facility1 -
Re: Hospice and another fall
Cat- Sounds like a very rough night, I’m so sorry! You’ve shared a lot of new information because of it though, that is useful for all of us to have, so thank you. Keep us posted. Sending you a hug!💜3 -
Re: Hospice and another fall
Hi Cat, First - I am glad you signed up with hospice. It sounds like this was the right time. New adjustments for you. I am not there yet in our journey with DH. Posts like yours are helping me steel…2 -
Re: Solutions for Missing Laundry in MC?
do you iron on label the socks? Once I did this, I noticed a complete change. All her stuff started coming back. It was like ‘oh wow she means business. She’s ironing on labels to each sock. Lol.’2 -
Re: What do you wish your LO could know about you, do for you, or say to you?
First off, just you reaching out for advise shows how much love and respect you have for your dear LO. I guess the next thing that I would want, is to be treated as normally as possible for as long a…4 -
Re: Yin and Yang
oh, Biggles! I am right there with you! You have me smiling and tearing up at the same time. What adjustments all of us are constantly making. In one video/teleconference (or more that I haven’t seen…3 -
Re: Ashamed father doing bare minimum for wife, home and self
one thing you could try is to get him to read the book “The 36 Hour Day” and you should read it too. Very soon your Mom will need 24/7 care. She will become incontinent and bedridden. You and your Da…2 -
Re: Yin and Yang
"Our life has changed and although I am trying not to, I find i am waiting for a future I don’t want." WOW! What a true statement. I think you said it for all of us. Anticipatory Grief! I a…5
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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