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Re: Moved Mom In
Is the medication she on only used when she’s agitated? My mom has Ativan for when she has an especially hard time, but she is now on medication for anxiety and depression which they have slowly incr…2 -
memory care and travels for me
I still have my husband at home after an abortive 2 weeks placement when I brought him home because we were both so sad. I still plan to place him since at some point he will be chair bound (really b…5 -
Re: Rexulti's effect on my wife with aggression
My LO is in memory care and her health care is based with the medical staff at her residence. She just started on Rexulti after initially being on Seroquel. I'm not convinced she tolerated the S…2 -
Re: Financing Memory Care/Nursing Home/ALF with Medicaid
If you're able to pay for an upgrade to a single room, that is wonderful. My mom's memory care does not have any single Medicaid rooms available. When she first moved there (Sept 2025) her …1 -
Re: My Attitude is Getting Worse
It’s not just you that has these feelings. It’s all of us because caregiving ( whether it’s 24/7 or as an advocate for someone in a facility) is exhausting. Every human being needs alone time, rest t…5 -
Re: Any experience with Rexulti?
For what it's worth with this late reply, Rexulti has done wonders for my LO with mid-stage AD and is completely covered by her Medicaid/Medicare. She went from being psychotic, regularly severe…2 -
Re: Just got the scan results - now what?
@Kekko Hi and welcome. I am sorry for your reason to be here but pleased you found this place. This is a time to get mom's legal ducks in order with a DPOA for financial and medical decision-mak…4 -
Re: Suspect nobody is following up on discharge instructions for mom in MC, what to do?
Doesn't sound like the right person was selected as HCPOA. I didn't go back and read your prior notes to see why you don't/can't step into that role . If you can't or don…2 -
Re: Neuro-psych evaluation
It would help if you posted how old your DH is. Is he EO? It seems that many Neurologists only do the initial diagnosis of MCI because anything more definitive is difficult to determine. They can rul…3 -
Re: Geographic infusion discussions
I would see if one of your neurologists can set this up for you.3
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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