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Re: Wants to constantly use the bathroom.
Perhasps it is not a time thing but a silent UTI which would need to be ruled out asap since they can become very serious. Get tested at an Urgent Cqre and be certain they do a culture.4 -
Re: Terminal Lucidity?
You made the right decision. In late stages, PWDs can rally and then decline rapidly. Trust the hospice nurse. I would ask the hospice nurse your questions. I wouldn’t do anything to prolong life at …1 -
Re: How to handle transition to memory care
You say she is adamantly opposed to mc. Is it safe to assume mc has been discussed with her. I’m not sure that’s a good idea. I think it would be best to tell her she has to move for some other reaso…3 -
Re: Hurt Feelings
@trottingalong said: He’s so confused these days and it seems as though he watches something on tv and gets focused on something that becomes more real. It's this. He's confused. I am so so…2 -
Re: Hurt Feelings
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/260100#Comment_260100 I don’t believe so. He’s so confused these days and it seems as though he watches something on tv and gets focused on something that …4 -
Re: I’ve never lived there.
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/260091#Comment_260091 me too2 -
Re: I’ve never lived there.
((HUGS))1 -
Re: Hurt Feelings
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/260075#Comment_260075 Thank you for those ideas and your kind words. I don’t believe he remembers today what was said yesterday. You are right, we have had…4 -
Re: Alcohol and dementia
https://alzconnected.org/discussion/comment/258444#Comment_258444 Perhaps my favorite quote from SDaniel — you can't reason with someone who's reasoner is broken. Hell, my dad when I was yo…3 -
Re: Showtiming Is Fascinating
One of the [clueless] doctors who we first saw even asked my DW if she thought her thinking was better now than in years past. DW immediately responded resoundingly that her cognition was better now.…4
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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