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kdc8969
kdc8969 Member Posts: 1 Member
in Caring For a Spouse or Partner
I am 55 years old this year my fiancé is 56. He had a very rough life. His family tried killing him a lot when he was a child so he has a lot of anger built up so he became a very bad drug addict and an alcoholic very bad, his clean of drugs For nine years now and clean of alcohol for two years very proud of him in all that in the last two years, he had four strokes and a heart attack lost his hearing completely and will never hear again now it’s vascular dementia and it’s in the later stages. I don’t know what to do

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  • Anna2022
    Anna2022 Member Posts: 221
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    Welcome to the Discussion. Even though we don't know your particular situation, we understand what you are going thru.

    This might help: On the upper right side of this page is a menu of QUICK LINKS. Click on "Groups" and then scroll down to find the group entitled "New Caregiver Help." There is a lot of information there that will help. Read as much as you can.

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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