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Mom just diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Gakinrolabu
Gakinrolabu Member Posts: 5
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Pleasure to meet everyone and I'm very happy to find this group. My mother who is 78, has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer's with a potential pathway of Dementia. Though this did not come as somewhat shock to myself and my siblings, we primarily found out after she was evicted from her apartment, her spouse left her and we are now here to pick up the pieces even though our overall relationship with our mother has not been great since childhood. I'm 41 years of age now and have a 14-month-old son and a 16-year-old daughter ready to go to college. I live in New Jersey. I'm wondering if others are in similar positions. But I'm looking for long-term living arrangements for my mother, outside of me since there has been such a long history of betrayal and bad blood. She has already exhausted her stay at my brother's house, but now, it's on me to figure out the right path forward. How do I get her involved in this community to meet others who are going through the same plight, and is there a long-term living solution that takes Medicare/Medicaid when she currently has no income?

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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