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Re: How did your LO with early-mid dementia adjust to moving to MC?
@yearofthedragon yes, yes, yes. I moved my mom and did and still sometimes agonize if I moved her too soon. I rant on and on about it in these pages. thank god for everyone here :). I think it comes …7 -
Re: An Old Question With Many Answers
I have a simple answer for that. That's when the person cared for would get better care from a facility than they would at home. That could be for different reasons, like caregiver burnout, progressi…5 -
Re: An Old Question With Many Answers
This topic arose at the most recent caregivers' support group meeting I attended. One participant was nearly at the end of her rope, but had such guilt over the possibility of sending her husband to …8 -
Re: Your loved one needs you
@ButterflyWings Thank you! You have been dealing with these people forever!! Will it never end? Let's say you got two five minutes breaks in, but couldn't get the other in. That's OK. Do what you can…5 -
Re: An Old Question With Many Answers
Just my thoughts; Selecting care is a terribly difficult task fraught with uncountable ins and outs...And on going situations make for changes along the way. Home was the right choice for both of us …7 -
Re: Your loved one needs you
I’m doing small paintings (6x6) of birds or flowers.Because I use acrylics, I can stop if need be and jump back in later. If I don’t like what I have done, I’ll paint over the errors. Using small can…10 -
Re: New here, looking for support
Welcome to the forum. It's futile to try to reason with someone whose reasoner is broken. She likely needs medication to tamp down the anxiety and anger, nothing else is likely to work. Noncommittal …6 -
Your loved one needs you
You have dinner to make. You have to straighten up the house. You have to pay bills. And so many other things. But your loved one just fell, and it will be about 1/2 hour before an ambulance gets her…11 -
Re: Need to vent after DH Neurologist appointment
I have to agree that the neurologists have been less than helpful in dealing with the day-to-day problems. We went to a new one after moving, waiting 3 months. As it happens, my DH has severe Restles…5 -
For the eagle watchers
I know some of you like to view the bald eagle couple in Big Bear via camera. Ms Jackie and Mr Shadow now are nesting two eggs. The gestation period is about 38 days. I don't have a link but the came…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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