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No short term memory
My DH is in the same category. Honestly, the repetitive questioning drives me crazy. I constantly pray for patience. Sometimes I don't answer my DH and a lot of times I remove myself and go to another room to regroup.
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Missing my mom
My mom has dementia and she fell a couple of months ago fractured her pelvis and was in the nursing home for a couple of months for rehab. She did come home but we felt she needed more care than what I could give her. It’s just been me and my mom since my dad passed away in 2002. I’m so full of guilt for putting her in a…
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Just venting
Today is a UGGGG day. Everything is do is meet with a hateful attitude. Want to scream or cuss but I don't. I just go in the next room and scream silently UGGG!
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Skilled nursing care vs memory care
Looking for information and advice. We took my wife to a well-regarded memory care center but their assessment determined she had too many needs and required skilled nursing care instead. We were disappointed. The SN facility is more like a hospital ward than MC but the rooms can be personalized with some furniture,…
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Our 1st day
My wife (65) had lab work done recently and today the results were posted to her account that the lab work indicated that she has Alzheimer’s and we received a referral for a PET scan that is needed by insurance to ok the IV treatment. My wife is devastated and I have no idea how to begin to comfort her.
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Double Trouble - New to the group
I moved back to NE from Florida almost 3 years ago. I knew before I moved to Florida that my mom’s memory was getting increasingly worse. Once I moved back, I realized just how bad it had become in that short amount of time. We were able to get her to a neuropsychologist and have her tested. She has Alzheimer’s.…
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I wonder if I am seeing things not there
My wonderful husband of 49 years was diagnosed 2 years ago with MCI, he is slipping more (forgetting conversations that just occurred, throwing out items we need, personality changes, etc.) and I anticipate at our appointment with his neurologist later this month, he will "upgrade" his diagnosis. All of this being said, my…
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Leqembi
Just feeling blue this morning. Neurologist offered Leqembi infusions to DH with ALZ. DH is 90. It's 18 months of every other week infustions that will only delay the inevitble by months, not years, and if he does't have a brain hemmorage or stroke there are high odds of migranes and other side effects. We opted not to do…
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My DH has changed and I’m afraid
my DH just turned 70 but has been struggling with issues for awhile. He changes moods, is depressed and withdrawn, does not have healthy hygiene , smokes both pot and cigarettes , drinks a lot ( beer wine) has juvenile diabetes insulin dependent . He has started to misplace things, wallet keys, checkbook. He doesn’t pay…
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DH fixated on being able to drive.
DH is so fixated on being able to drive again he has become very depressed and says life is not worth living. He says he feels like he is in jail and can't do anything. I can drive him anyplace he would like to go. When I ask him where he would like to go he doesn't have an answer. Dr.'s have told him he shouldn't drive…
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T shirt question
A basic question about T shirts…the undershirt kind. DH has lost so much weight-and height-. that his size large T shirts are way too large now. The T shirts are very roomy and so long they come below his hips. When I get him dressed I am stuffing all this extra material in his pants so it doesn't hang below the outer…
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Door Locks
Any recommendations for door locks to prevent loved one from wandering outside?
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I am so scared
I'm so scared of what this diagnosis means for me and my mom. I've worked with a number of Alz patients while working in emergency psychiatric departments or adult psychiatric departments. It was brutal. Devastating to their kids and devastating to see their moments of clarity, briefly realizing they are losing their…
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Sharing a tip to get DW to change clothes
DW is early stage 6. For the past few months it has been a struggle / conflict to get her to change her clothes. I have found something that seems to work (for now) and would like to share. If I tell her to change right when she wakes from sleep, we are able to get into clean clothes with minimal to no resistance.…
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My Friend is legally blind: needs bookkeeping, billpay, computer assistance
Hello Alz community. I am a Reno based CPA and have a friend (She is located in Reno NV) who needs assistance with bookkeeping, bill pay, computer assistance and reading her mail to take care of her personal business matters starting at once a week. Do you have any recommendations?
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Leqembi infusions
Hello. I'm new to the group. My husband was recently diagnosed with MCI due to AD, 66 yo. + APOE 4. Needless to say, we are devastated. He's had mild memory loss for about 6 months. Tried aricept but had terrible GI symptoms. He's been tolerating Namenda. I haven't noticed must improvement with his ST memory. However,…
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Snacking problem
My DH (stage 4-ish ALZ) is snacking constantly. I've stopped buying anything "junk food" (nuts, cookies, etc) and have been buying him grapes, raisins, and mandarins which he will consume as much of as I leave out. I've hidden most of the foods that he can snack on but I'm at my wits end. He goes through the fridge,…
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Balance
My DH is 25 year older than I am. He is 94, I am 69. I've known this was coming for about 15 years. Early years were challenging, but COVID was the hammer that drove nails into the structure of our lives. I moved him into a MC about a year ago. I was dealing with other "stuff" at the (my brother was killed in an automobile…
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I’m new
Im new to group chats and im new to my dad having dementia, im not new to dementia i did at home health care when I worked and i thought if my parents needed me to care for them i would b a pro but dementia is the worst disease. My dad is 65 and lived a very healthy life and that made him happy but I’m like my mom I just…
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Balance
My DH is 25 year older than I am. He is 94, I am 69. I've known this was coming for about 15 years. Early years were challenging, but COVID was the hammer that drove nails into the structure of our lives. I moved him into a MC about a year ago. I was dealing with other "stuff" at the (my brother was killed in an automobile…
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In Loving Memory of “Jo C”
I’m reaching out, again, on behalf of my beautiful mom, Johanna “Jo C” Richardson, a passionate Peer Volunteer for nearly 20 years. Many of you knew that Jo C had been diagnosed with a progressive lung disease a couple of years ago. The disease did progress and Mom passed away peacefully at home the evening of June 19,…
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My DH to begin Leqembi infusions
My 82 y/o DH has been diagnosed with Alzhemer's and qualifies for these infusions that will start soon. Anyone else here have experience with this medication.
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Dad confused in his apartment - looking for stairs that don't exist
I'm looking for suggestions / tips about how to address my dad's search for stairs to go to his other apartment. He is 92, in a wheelchair - probably Stage 5 Alzheimers. He lives in a Memory Care facility in a studio apartment. He keeps looking for the stairs from the basement or to the 2nd floor to get to his "other"…
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Continuing ALZ Research
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251118220052.htm#google_vignette
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Alzheimer's Screening and Prevention (ASAP) Act
It's a start and hopefully it will lead to more. I also posted this under General Topics. https://www.alz.org/news/2025/house-introduces-bipartisan-legislation-asap-act-alzheimers-screening#:~:text=This%20transformative%20bill%20will%20provide,and%20dramatically%20improve%20early%20detection.
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Alzheimer's Screening and Prevention (ASAP) Act introduced in Congress
Saw this and thought I would share. It's a start and hopefully will lead to much more. https://www.alz.org/news/2025/house-introduces-bipartisan-legislation-asap-act-alzheimers-screening
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Social Media post/comments
My DH is into the mid stage of Alz I believe. Diagnosed over a year ago. He's still able to care for himself, but speaking and following instructions etc. Are definate difficult. Along with other things he gets confused on he is not able to write very well any more. Always asking me how to spell words. He has been on FB…
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Neurological Symptoms
I am here because my DH has been struggling with short-term memory loss for a couple years now. We don't have an official diagnosis yet, but the general consensus seems to be vascular dementia. He asks the same questions over and over again, as if on repeat. We went to his neice's wedding, and then he forgot she got…
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Stage 5 and not aware
My wife has ALZ , solid Stage 5 showing some Stage 6 symptoms. I have told her she has Alzheimer's, she then looks puzzled and forgets it 5 minutes later. She is unaware of her condition and appears to think she leads a normal life. She is getting more difficult to manage and has most of the nasty symptoms you hear about.…
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Parents Against Me
Has anyone else experienced their parents completely turning on them? My parents were both narcissistic before dementia, and it’s been a nightmare since the disease progressed. I moved them out of their unsafe house with stairs, brought them across the country to be closer to family, and got them into assisted living…