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From NYT: When They Don't Recognize You

harshedbuzz
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in I Am a Caregiver (General Topics)

This should be a gifted link-

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/health/dementia-family-recognition.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BE8.G3Pn.ikjbW50YMnR2&smid=url-share

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  • GothicGremlin
    GothicGremlin Member Posts: 993
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    Good article. Thanks @harshedbuzz

  • SusanB-dil
    SusanB-dil Member Posts: 1,400
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    Thank you.

    I remember both when mother and MIL forgot me.

    "Paradoxal lucidity" I will have to remember that… Just read a section in a book (Chicken Soup series) where that exactly happened, but could not be explained.

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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