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KarenV2014
KarenV2014 Member Posts: 1 Member
in Caring for a Parent

my dad is 89 got diagnosed in 2018 with Alzheimer’s my wife and I moved in with him so he could stay in his home he hasn’t gotten to a violent or non verbal stage yet but his incontinence has become more prevalent because of the Alzheimer’s no it’s 4or 5 accidents he’s a veteran was in the Air Force for 20 years working on getting his disability rating moved up from 60% to 100% so that I can be paid to take care of some days are harder than others for me because this has my life now, but I love him and I will be there until the end for him

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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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