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Re: Follow up on Blount Alzheimer’s Center Cuts.
I also greatly appreciate your posts and I thank you for them.5 -
Re: Follow up on Blount Alzheimer’s Center Cuts.
I, for one, greatly appreciate your posts on this. You bring facts and real sources as well as on-the-ground expert experience with federal funding. I also find cries of “take it down because I disag…6 -
Re: Follow up on Blount Alzheimer’s Center Cuts.
I'm honestly very curious, are you suggesting that my posts should be deleted? Not that it should matter, but I am a registered Republican. I am a conservative by nature, and I regularly read the Wal…-1 -
Re: Anyone experience a bone spur
Thanks. After reading all the comments and talking with family, we all decided to just decline the suggested surgery. All your help made the decision easier.2 -
Re: Had to step back
Oh, gracious! I totally agree with QBC! Don't do it! I would say to wait to visit until they have her care situated. Not you. Not sure why they just expect you to upend your life instead of them taki…6 -
Re: Had to step back
Do not visit. It’s their responsibility to see to her care. They can either do it, hire people to do it, or have her in a facility that will donut. She is their mom and they are local. Are they by ch…3 -
Re: Big Move today!
It’s “Personal care rehab”. Moving his furniture in helps give him the “homey” dealing. So the speak. It’s a simple way of explaining it all.2 -
Re: Anyone experience a bone spur
My DH just had his big toe removed due to gangrene, which started out as a sore that wouldn't heal. It was caused by a careless toenail clipping by a podiatrist. It turns out he has a circulation pro…2 -
Re: Anyone experience a bone spur
I would not put him through surgery. Anesthesia is bad for dementia patients . If physical therapy is required he won’t be able to do it. Is he in a wheelchair? If not he may be in one after surgery.…2 -
Re: Home care
@JC5 You've already gotten some great advice. A couple of caveats about the realities of our experience with agency caregivers- The agencies where I live typically require a client commitment of 15 h…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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