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Common Abbreviations
People
- ADLO = Loved One with Alzheimer's disease
- BF = Boyfriend
- BIL = Brother-in-Law
- DD = Dear/Darling Daughter
- DH = Dear Husband
- DS = Dear/Darling Son
- DW = Dear/Darling Wife
- FIL = Father-in-Law
- GF = Girlfriend
- GLO = Greetings to Loved Ones
- GMIL = Grandmother-in-Law
- GFIL = Grandfather-in-Law
- LO = Loved One
- MIL = Mother-in-Law
- NOK = Next of Kin
- OH = Other Half
- PWD/PLWD = Person with Dementia/Person Living with dementia\
- SIBs = Brothers and Sisters or Siblings
- SIL = Sister-in-Law
- SO = Significant Other
Popular Online Acronyms
- AKA = Also known as
- BBL = Be back later
- BTW = By the way
- BRB = Be right back
- IMCO = In my considered opinion
- IMHO = In my humble/honest opinion
- IOW = In other words
- J/K = Just kidding
- LOL = Laugh out loud
- OMG = Oh my gosh!
- OT = Off topic
- TIA = Thanks in advance
- TTT = “to the top”
- TTYL = Talk to you later
- WDYT = What do you think
Types of Dementia
- AD or ALZ = Alzheimer's disease
- ADRD = Alzheimer's disease and related dementias
- EO or EOAD = Early onset Alzheimer's disease (diagnosis before the age of 65)
- FTD = Frontotemporal dementia
- FTLD = Frontotemporal lobar degeneration
- LBD or LB = Lewy Body disease or dementia
- MD = Mixed dementia
- VD = Vascular disease or dementia
- TBI = Traumatic brain injury
- CTE = Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
- NPH = Normal pressure hydrocephalus
- MCI = Mild Cognitive Impairment
- YOAD = Younger onset Alzheimer’s disease (another way to say diagnosis before age 65)
Stages of Dementia
- ES = Early stage of Alzheimer's disease (in the beginning of the disease progression)
- LS = Late Stage of Alzheimer's
- MS = Middle Stage of Alzheimer's
Care Places
- AL or ALF = Assisted living facility
- ADC = Adult day care
- CCC / CCRC / LPC = Continuing care community, continuing care retirement community, or life plan community (a facility which offers independent living, assisted living and nursing home residences)
- LTC / LTSC = Long-term care / skilled care
- MC = Memory care
- NH = Nursing home
- RCF = Residential care facility (group home, personal care home, adult family home)
- SNF = Skilled nursing facility/nursing home
Medical
- CNA = Certified nursing assistant
- Delusion = false ideas that are firmly believed in spite of contradictory proof
- DNR = Do not resuscitate
- DON = Director of nursing
- DVT = Deep vein thrombosis
- DX = Diagnosis
- ER = Emergency room
- G-Tube = Gastrostomy tube
- Hallucination = false perceptions of objects or events involving the senses; seeing, hearing or tasting things that are not there
- LPN = Licensed practical nurse
- LVN = Licensed vocational nurse
- MMSE = Mini mental state exam
- OT = Occupational therapy
- PCP = Primary care physician
- PEG Tube = percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube (feeding tube inserted direct into the abdomen)
- PT = Physical therapy
- RN = Registered nurse
- SLT – Speech/language therapy
- TIA = Transient ischemic attack (mini-stroke)
- UTI = Urinary tract infection
Legal
- APS = Adult protective services
- CELA = Certified elder law attorney
- DPOA = Durable power of attorney
- HIPAA = Law Health Insurance Provider Accountability Act
- LTCO = Long term care ombudsman
- LW = Living will
- NAELA = National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
- POA = Power of attorney
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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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