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Re: Getting support from family members
@A12270 I am sorry you find yourself in this situation. The disconnect between a spousal caregiver's need for meaningful assistance and whatever bandwidth adult children have available to delive…4 -
Re: Report to DMV
I live in FL. Although my DH wasn’t driving I reported it to the DMV to have his license revoked so I could remove him from my insurance. Although I had DPOA and he was in a MC facility the DMV requi…1 -
Re: Do You Ever?
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/254928#Comment_254928 💕1 -
Re: ALZ Caregiver Zoom
I would love to do this, having just joined ALZConnected. However, tomorrow night my brother and I are having THE TALK with our mother about no longer driving. I hope you will do this again!1 -
Re: ALZ Caregiver Zoom
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/74134/alz-caregiver-zoom I just joined Alzconnect. Will you be holding another ZOOM?1 -
Re: THC for caregiver
I need to pipe up (get it) again. I’ll say it again. Gummies are a Godsend to me. No I don’t get stoned and Cheech and Chong like, I get relief. I’m not irresponsible or irrational, I don’t drive if …2 -
Re: Urge to pee but no pee
@sandyeigo UTIs in the elderly often have atypical symptoms even without dementia. Normally for a UTI you would see more confusion and agitation, and you might not see frequency or pain. Still, it�…1 -
Re: Hearing, Yes or No?
Thank you so much for this gentle reminder not to get frustrated and short tempered in the heat of the moment in earshot of our loved ones; feeling sorry afterwards just makes things worse. Thank you…1 -
Re: A Smack of Reality
Theres a possibility gabapentin may not be the type of medicine she needs right now. Some work for awhile and then don’t. It’s been a few years, but our doctor would not prescribe gabapentin because …2 -
Re: A Smack of Reality
Cinndy, I don't have any answers about Gabapentin but I do understand the denial. Even now after all these years I'm having trouble accepting that DH is progressing even though he's sp…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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