Fairly new to this dementia thing...

Just for some background, my DH's geriatrician recently diagnosed him with vascular dementia, based on the fact that he had a stroke 3-1/2 years ago. At the time we were told that the only outcome of the stroke was aphasia (word finding difficulty). Since that time he has become disabled due to a bad fall resulting in a broken femur, and a massively long surgery that placed a 20 year old hip replacement with a new one. Even after 2 months of inpatient PT, he has never walked since. So his life is spent in his recliner, wheelchair and bed. I'm fortunate to have 24/7 caregivers (thanks to long term care insurance), but adding cognition issues to what he already has is like a perfect storm. He's also been incontinent since the surgery. He's been on palliative care for the last 1-1/2 years, and I will be discussing a swith to hospice at home with his palliative care nurse next Monday. After doing a ton of research, we feel he should meet the criteria for acceptance into hospice.

I learned about this site from the Duke Caregiver's Conference earlier this month so I thought I would post and introduce myself.