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Re: Early onset at age 60
This site has been helpful for me. My wife diagnosed 9 years ago at age 62. She progressed slowly but steadily. She is now 71 and in MC after having a stroke in March. I didn't find this site un…6 -
Re: Do I let go or keep going?
Great advice and input. Hope it helps. As I read your post it made me think of my dear wife who passed about two months ago. The week prior to her passing she was still mobile with assistance, she wa…5 -
Re: What do you to talk about with your LOs?
My DH is 79 years old and he was diagnosed 4 years ago, now I think in stage 3. We have been in love since 1986, yes almost 40 years of life … he was my light, I've learned a lot from him, reall…5 -
Re: Quick question
I'm another that it has not diminished. We are on our 2nd sitter and hoping she will have some success bonding with him. At the dentist this week and they had to bring him back into the room to …6 -
$300 speaker
my DW threw away a nice Bose speaker while taking out the trash. I know there’s nothing I can do about it now. Just venting.8 -
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
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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