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Re: Your loved one needs you
Yes, I own a horse that resides at my friends home a few minutes drive from mine. My daily regime is spending at least one hour at the barn every single day. My horse is my safe place where I can unw…5 -
A new perspective on my situation
I have been longing for a tomorrow where I have freedom to come and go, not have the constant pressure and fear, and I am not constantly thinking about when the next shoe will drop and if I will be a…12 -
Shelf life feelings
As I leave his facility it feels as if he is left and just sitting on a shelf. He is not orientated to time or place or recalling what just transpired. When addressed he speaks in proper British etiq…11 -
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
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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