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Re: Caregiving Rookie
My copy of The 36-Hour Day came early! Woohoo! I will be cramming like I'm in college for the next 48 hours! 🙂 📖7 -
Re: Palliative care
His doctor could refer him to palliative care without going through a neurologist. Then the palliative care team would decide if he’s a candidate at this point. We just went through this with my husb…3 -
Re: Am l really losing her now?
Hi Windsock. regarding your difficulty getting yourDW to accept a caetaker, I had the same problem. We went through three that my DW didn't accept. I finally shifted the emphasis to talking to h…4 -
Take your own care seriously…
I met a woman yesterday that was pondering placement of her husband in MC. She was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and is now undergoing chemo - surgeries including a hysterectomy will be follo…15 -
Re: Trying to help primary caregiver
Look aaround your Grandmother's home. What needs to be taken care of…dripping faucet, laundry, cleaning, lawn mowed, overgrown shrubs trimmed. Can you provide a good meal for your grandmother fo…5 -
Re: Am l really losing her now?
Dear Windsock. I have an nearly identical situation as you with MDW of 89, a hometown sweetheart I married 65 years ago. She is mid-stage ALK and I have brought in a live-in caretaker to help me. I&#…9 -
Re: Hospice and another fall
I just wanted to add a comment about hospice. You are feeling that they are intrusive and I can appreciate that as i have a cleaner come in twice a month now to help. Each hospice situation is differ…6 -
Re: Hospice and another fall
Your post really struck home this morning. Following our daughter's suggestion, we are going to have home health come and do physical therapy exercies with DH who has ALZ . It may strengthen his…2 -
Re: Just when you think your loved one is no longer able to understand....
Aww. Thanks for sharing that moment with us. I understand holding on to that memory. ((HUGS))1 -
Re: I wonder if I am seeing things not there
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/253049#Comment_253049 I am learning so much on this site. Thank you so much!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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