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Re: Explaining a move to Memory Care
I agree that your plan sounds great. You have to go with a method based on your particular LO. For my DH, I tried a simple approach first to see how it would work. I just told him about a half hour b…4 -
Re: Alzheimer’s
Welcome. You have received great advice. As far a the lawyer, don’t put it off! As jgreen explained she can no longer be your person if you needed to be hospitalized or started showing symptoms yours…4 -
Re: Alzheimer’s
Your reaction seems quite normal. It took us weeks to recover from the shock of the official diagnosis, but the emotional impact did subside. We eventually got back to the routine of living. There is…6 -
Re: Just need to talk to my friends (215)
Good morning. Is it just me or did January seem 43 weeks long? Seriously, it's been one cold, dark and unpleasant slog. On to February with tomorrow, Groundhog Day, being the "hump day'…1 -
Re: Medication for Anxiety
I too agree with you. Sense my DW's mood and try for success. Thank you!1 -
Re: Advice on how to reply with DH lack of recognition
I needed to see this post and the reminders. I'm thinking I may need to post it on my bathroom mirror. I so hate it and feel bad when I for get those 2 "rules."4 -
Re: Lazy Husband
@pmiles1124 Sadly, dementia impacts more than memory very early in the disease process. Losses around executive function mean he doesn't truly parse the If …, Then … consequences of doing these …5 -
Re: Alzheimer’s
I have found that I can navigate this horrible disease because I have grown with it. We’re in year 5 now. When my DH was first diagnosed, I was panic stricken. Like everybody else, I was horrified, s…9 -
Re: Lazy Husband
I found it to be more frustrating, time consuming, irritating, stressful, and so on to try to get my wife to do something that she had always done and still (I thought) could do than to just do it an…5 -
Re: Alzheimer’s
I’m so sorry @csfryou for you and your wife. This diagnosis is heartbreaking and devastating. The fact that there is no cure makes it ever harder to accept. My DH has vascular dementia and it has tot…7
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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