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Re: Do I let go or keep going?
I have heard of a happy medium for those who really feel the need to push food, and that is to offer food and feed them, but do not persist for more than 20 minutes each mealtime.5 -
Re: Dogs and Alzheimer’s
ps thought you might like a smile we did have our puppy neutered but didn’t use the cone of shame (puppy kept slipping out of it) plus DH couldn’t cope with it so I used a couple of OOOO baby onesies…10 -
Re: I Want To Live With Someone Else
The "I hate you" or "I want to live elsewhere" reactions were common with my dear wife during her process. It eventually passed as she progressed. What happened later in the proce…8 -
Re: What do you to talk about with your LOs?
Oh, Biggles! So beautifully said. My heart cries every single day. I long for normalcy. I long for our long-gone deep conversations. Someone once said something like “ I miss the man he was but love …8 -
Re: What do you to talk about with your LOs?
My DH is stage 3 sliding into 4. Our conversations are highly variable. Sometimes he's full of grievances, often based on misremembering something that was said previously or conflating separate…5 -
Re: Possible diagnosis
Hi, Dungie, First - our PCP is a terrific Internist and we both love him dearly. Dementia is NOT his forte, so any discussion about DH’s dementia is quick and not detailed. I had to read and look up …5 -
Possible diagnosis
Waiting for the diagnosis to come in but considering what it’ll take to just admit it’s Alzheimer’s. The Amyloid score was 44.3 and he is clearly symptomatic. (Been about 2years) This waiting phase i…5 -
Re: Possible diagnosis
it was very important to me to get a firm diagnosis. There is a lot of Alzheimer’s in my LO family so even though most of them could see the changes others want to put it up to old age, he is 86. I t…5 -
Palliative care
Hi all it’s been awhile since I had trouble with my password 🤦♀️ my daughter keeps wanting me to get my LO on Palliative Care. He is diagnosed Alzheimer’s stage 4-5. Our biggest problem now is gett…9 -
Re: Hubby in MC wants to come home. Help!
Yes there are meds. Talk to the doctor asap. Tell the doctor he is depressed and anxious and wants to go home. Many PWDs say they want to go home even if they are living in the same home they have li…6
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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