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Re: Emotional Breakdown This Morning
There are kind people everywhere and these men were just that. You posted because you needed to share your despair and their true kindness. It is hard sometimes to accept help but everyone needs help…3 -
Re: How to handle my frustrations
My mother in law would ask the same question (verbatim) over and over again. On our visits I would casually answer her and my husband would get irritated at his mom telling her she just asked that qu…4 -
Re: Intimacy and guilt
This is a huge problem for me as well. How do you say no without hurting their feelings? DH is still so sweet but I don't feel like a wife anymore. I'm a nurse and thus am not only not inte…9 -
Re: My Attitude is Getting Worse
Taking are of a spouse with dementia is very challenging. I have found that it helps to blame the disease and not the person. Arguing with a spouse who has Alzheimer’s is arguing with a disease and i…7 -
Re: Emotional Breakdown This Morning
There are angels among us… 💜3 -
Re: Will my dh ever understand he has dementia?
Mom was officially diagnosed with dementia 2.5 years ago at age 94, I'd say in early stage 4 at the time. For a couple of years prior, she was aware she was having memory problems, but her docto…5 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (214)
Two fun facts. Jack in the Box restaurants pioneered drive-through ordering with its two-way intercom system. People spoke into a clown's head to give their orders. "Jack will speak you&quo…3 -
Re: Managing the Late-Comers
Well said!2 -
Re: Managing the Late-Comers
I don't have sympathy for those that say they don't want to see them like that. I didn't want to see my mom or dad in the condition they were in toward the end and had to make life and…8 -
Re: Emotional Breakdown This Morning
Thank you both for the kind comments. It helps to be heard and acknowledged. 💜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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