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Re: Xmas
Could you put your husband in a different room with a favorite tv show, then have family members go in to visit with him throughout the day, just a couple at a time? This was suggested a a dementia w…4 -
Re: What Is Looking After Yourself
I am an artist and have a studio in the loft. Right now, DH is alright spending his time watching sports and playing sudoku, so I have 4-5 hours in the studio. I have an alarm on the front door so I …4 -
Re: What Is Looking After Yourself
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/259816#Comment_259816 That response from the VA just disgusts me. These men and women took the oath, stepped across that line, signed that blank check to o…3 -
Re: Simple technology for ederly
I’m also struggling with the phone problem. We recently moved mom to a nursing home, but her cell phone doesn’t get a good signal. We can call her on her landline phone, but she can’t call out. She r…1 -
Terrified
Hello everyone, I'm new to the group. I've read your stories and am relieved to know I'm not alone in my feelings. So, here's my story… I was officially diagnosed last year at age…1 -
Re: Am I a bad person
You are not a bad person. You love your wife and you essentially prayed to end her suffering.5 -
Re: Xmas
Bill has nailed it, calendar celebrations are so stressful. All of our old social ‘friends’ have fallen by the wayside. We no longer fitted in, I think it made their life too uncomfortable and that i…6 -
Re: Speech Therapy
Speech therapists can also help with swallowing. A common problem for people in the later stages of dementia.2 -
Re: Hubby in memory care the nurse?
No I didn’t think anything about abuse at all. She was trying to say i should take him out because she said listen to your heart. And that’s wrong. I have to listen to my head. Anyway psychiatrist sa…4 -
Re: Am I a bad person
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/74736/am-i-a-bad-person No, your DW is suffering. She is lost inside a maze and is lost and afraid. You are a caretaker who is overwhelmed, who cares for and about…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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