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Mom's Name on Deed, Remove or Not?
Hi there...my mother is in Stage 5 of Dementia and lives with me. Both of our names are on the Deed to the house...can anyone lend advice if I should take her name off the Deed? Somewhere down the line I have been told that if she does need to go into a nursing home, they could take the house.
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Loss of social media = loss of community
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing this: In the years before my dad was diagnosed and began showing symptoms of Alzheimers, he became a social media power user. He's an artist, and he began posting to Flickr and instagram, establishing strong bonds and connections with artists all over the world. His decline…
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What does Ptau 712 mean for Lecanemab?
Hello. My mother was diagnosed earlier this year with MCI and we just got to a neurologist last week. Her Ptau 712 came out at 1.7. I am having a hard time understanding this except that it is an "abnormal" score — but from what I can tell online it seems quite high. Can anyone offer any perspective here? Do people stop…
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Christmas gifts
Mom is in AL. She hoards and we have not taken her to the store for the last 3 months because she insists on buying things she doesn’t need. She is finally just starting to tell me if she needs something vs telling me I need to take her to the store. She is mid stage and insists on independence. She loves Christmas and…
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Support for a couple living with Alzheimer's
I see groups for the person with Alzheimer's and groups for caregivers. Are there groups for support for the couple going through that? Thank you.
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Morning brain fog solutions please?
Hi everyone. I’m new to this forum and this condition of my DH who has been waking up at 3:00 AM (regardless if we sleep at 9 PM or 1 AM) for the past 2 days and very confused. Today, he didn’t even recognize me. He went back to sleep after half an hour and wanted to go to bed in the guest room but I somehow managed to…
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Feeling Happily Empowered
It’s not often that I feel empowered these days. My DH has VD stage 6 we have sleepless nights wandering around the house, Christmas shopping sprees ha ha that take hours slowly shuffling from store to store hand in hand (which I do love) BUT yesterday we had a new tv delivered, my idea Christmas gift to us. Good idea…
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Moving Dad to a New Facility
I have never posted here, but just need to get this out. I have done 99.9% of the caregiving for my dad who is now mid to late stage. He is in Assisted Living, but the facility he is in provides very little assistance. I think they may be understaffed but it's just not working out. This past weekend, I spent 5 hours with…
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Grinding of Teeth
My DW has been diagnosed with Alz for 8 years. She is currently in stage 4. She just started grinding her teeth during awake hours. I am afraid she might do permanent damage to her teeth. She visited her dentist to reattach a crown. Her dentist was no help. Has anyone else run into this problem?
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support for having a parent with dementia
hello! i’m not sure if this is the right place for this, but i’m just looking for support and guidance in my current situation. i’m 20 years old, and my mom received a dementia diagnosis a few years ago, during my high school years, after persistent memory issues. as anticipated, years after this diagnosis, her mental…
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Supporting DH and 93 year old mom - Advice?
I have a 68 year old DH with probably stage 5/6 ALZ - in MC for 5 months due to agitation, aggression, not sleeping and constant issues with trying to get out of the house. I'm going through that intense sadness of being without my partner of 46 years and so grateful to all of you who understand the emotions, loneliness…
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First Waking Thought
My first waking thought nearly every morning is “Oh no! Another day”! I know I am depressed. I am a high functioning depressive right now. I do everything I need to do in our daily lives and take care of DH in all the ways he needs me. I am not perfect but I am here learning and adapting. Meanwhile, I am trying everything…
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How long does it take for a loved one to adjust to memory care
It has been 5 weeks since my DH was placed in memory care. Every time I go, he says things like, "when can I go home, I want to be with you, I want you to take care of me." I hate this. I say things like, "the doctor says you need to be here to feel better." It breaks my heart so much I don't want to go. I go home…
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Didn't post much, and now it's over
One year ago we learned my husband had dementia. As the year went on, Parkinsons became another issue. Last month, he was in heart failure. And today the love of my.life, my best buddy, and dearest friend died. To all of you on this journey, you will stay in my heart. I have no words of wisdom. This is a horrible disease…
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Perseveration
this is my first time on this forum. My wife has Alzheimer’s and is probably in stage 4 or 5. She can perseverate on a problem and as much as I try to get her to think about something else, she keeps going back to the problem that irritates her. I need help to find ways of dealing with this issue in productive ways. How do…
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Inevitable Falling
I am sole caregiver for mother with later stage dementia. Hospice comes by 2 or 3 times a week, paid caregiver once a week, brother visits maybe once a week. That leave Mom and I alone … 76.2% of the week (yes, I did the math). Mom has started falling. A couple of bad falls, several (mercifully) mild ones. Two or three…
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Seroquel use in Alzheimer’s patients
DH is very agitated and having hallucinations. Doc prescribed Seroquel. Researching Mayo Clinic said it should not be used for Alzheimer’s patients. I am confused as it is often recommended. Thanks ! !
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Hope we can make this board more active
Hello, fellow travelers. DH left this world one month ago, and I am struggling. Both the speed of his departure (seven weeks from first hospital admission to death) and the unexpectedness of it (just over three years since diagnosis) have really leveled me. I have heard from other members of speedy departures after…
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Catch-22
Well, I seem to have encountered a Catch-22. I explained our situation (wife with early dementia) to a lawyer, who said I would need a letter from my wife’s doctor before she (the lawyer) would draft a Power of Attorney. My wife’s doctor wrote a letter saying that my wife is cognitively impaired and that a POA would be…
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Mematine smell?
Has anyone noticed an odor coming off their LO after starting mematine? My mother’s Dr added mematine to donapezil about a month ago. Lately I notice an odor when I hug her. She is early on and still keeping up with hygiene and clean clothes so it’s not a cleanliness problem. The literature doesn’t mention a smell as a…
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New here need help took moms car away
hi I am new to this and our family is new to the whole Alzheimer’s. Dementia. I would say my mom is a stage five . We disabled the battery on the car November 1st and told her it needed to be fixed and every day she asked me about the car. So now I had it towed so that it can get fixed (fib) and even out of sight she still…
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Grateful
thank you all for the kind supportive words. Note: my wife has been in hospice for six months now she has two small bed sores on her hip and buttock
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Bible Verse to Lift You Up 12/8/24
GOD TEACHES AND LEADS YOU AND ME Isaiah 48:17 New Living Translation “This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should follow.” I am always asking the Lord for His guidance. I suspect you do too. He…
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Help needed… grandfather thinks he fell in love with a nurse and had a big outburst, dementia?
I'll try to keep this as short as possible. My grandfather recently had a toe amputated about two weeks ago as it became infected (diabetic). He had to then come home on IV antibiotics, that I was to administer (i'm his grandson and POA). One day when I went to visit, a few days after the surgery, he had a nurse in his…
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Kisssing in MC
My husbands MC called last night to tell me that DH and a female resident had shared a mutual kiss on the lips. The nurse said they were going to do their best to keep them separated. My first reaction was, "Oh, ****" although I didn't say it out loud. The nurse said she was sorry and we hung up. I didn't know whether to…
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Waiting for Dr in Chicago
Finally got a referral for my LO for a neurologist at a clinic specializing in dementia and they can’t see my LO until February of 2025. Is that normal? (I’m new at this) My LO recently got an MCI diagnosis. We are seeking treatment and I worry things could change a lot in 8 months.
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Bible Verse to Lift You Up 12/8/24
GOD TEACHES AND LEADS YOU AND ME Isaiah 48:17 New Living Translation “This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should follow.” I am always asking the Lord for His guidance. I suspect you do too. He…
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Bible Verse to Lift You Up 12/8/24
GOD TEACHES AND LEADS YOU AND ME Isaiah 48:17 New Living Translation “This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should follow.” I am always asking the Lord for His guidance. I suspect you do too. He…
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Bible Verse to Lift You Up 12/8/24
GOD TEACHES AND LEADS YOU AND ME Isaiah 48:17 New Living Translation “This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is good for you and leads you along the paths you should follow.” I am always asking the Lord for His guidance. I suspect you do too. He…
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Highly Recommend Citicoline Supplement
Hi, All, My partner was diagnosed with MCI on 21018 and the diagnosis has moved now to Alzheimer's since it would not be safe for him to live by himself for an extended period of time. About a two years ago, he revisited a naturopath who recommended Citicoline to support focus and battle brain fog. We researched it…