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You describe my husband’s behavior perfectly! I do not think my husband is in late stage yet but I have the guilt if I run to the gym for 45 minutes. It’s been since before Covid that I have been shopping in a store for either of us. He loves his home and often sleeps from 11 pm until 3 pm or later the next day unless I wake him for an appointment. He often balks at getting up for those. He cannot perform any IADLs except for one. He loves peanut butter toast and can make toast and peanut butter. He will not put it on a plate unless I remind him, however.
Anyway, I have purchased cameras for inside the home so that I can go to the gym or run to the store or A 45 minute appointment that’s close. I can see on my phone “real time” if he’s out of bed, in The LR “reading” or sitting on our screened porch or making toast in the kitchen. I leave a note, what time I’ll be home, his phone with instructions to pick it up and say “Hey Siri, call me”. He is still mobile and navigatigating our 2 story home well. He does not mind me leaving on these errands but it is still hard not to feel stressed when I do. I do not want to pay someone $35 an hour to sit and do nothing and my husband doesn’t want anyone in the house. It’s work g well but still stressful for me.
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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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