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Feels Like a Lose-Lose
We moved my 82-year-old stage 3-4 Alzheimer’s mom from an independent living place near me to an urban assisted living place while she was on a trip last week. She is very angry and refuses to let us …
Stress
Anger
Long Term Care Placement
Started by Etta321
Most recent by harshedbuzz
Caring for a Parent
86
Mar 23, 2025
1
3
Struggling to Cope
Hi everyone. I'm 27 years old and two years ago my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Things have been going really smooth. Up until the last few months. He's progressed somewhat quickly and I had…
Stress
Hallucinations
Delusions
Started by jackywingfield
Most recent by ARIL
Caring for a Parent
94
Mar 23, 2025
1
4
Guilt around visiting MCF
Hello, I’m a new member and I was referred by a Dr. to connect with some others going/gone through it. I am in my early 30s and I cared for my mom for ~4 years at our family home before it became too …
Stress
Grief
Support
Started by GreenPower
Most recent by jehjeh
Caring for a Parent
224
Mar 3, 2025
5
10
New diagnosis, new to group. Having a rough ugly cry day.
I have been very emotional, ugly crying today. Today is hard, others are not- those days I am "numb". I am 41, married for 19 years, I have 5 kids ages 8, 10, 17, 18, 20. I have tested positive for PS…
Stress
Grief
Memory Loss
Started by breenann
Most recent by Jordana B
I Am Living With Younger Onset Alzheimer's
537
Mar 3, 2025
4
17
X2 now
My dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s the Monday after Thanksgiving in 2022. Luckily, it has been progressing very slowly. He lives with my mother and is watched by her full time. On Monday, my mom wa…
Self-Care
Stress
Support
Started by jjwelz
Most recent by roadwarrior
Caring for a Parent
308
Feb 24, 2025
6
12
Self-care (for the caregivers)
I'm helping to care for a parent (ALZ) with my sister. Mom even lives in a retirement community (still independent living) so day to day I do have my own life. It is still so hard. I went to visit for…
Burnout
Self-Care
Stress
Started by KnitHappens
Most recent by --Rebecca--
Caring for a Parent
173
Feb 23, 2025
1
2
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
Sailing was what we did, always together, we started sailing joined our 1st Yacht Club in 1971. This is what I wrote on Boxing Day with a very sad heart. The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race All morning he’s …
Communication
Stress
Changes in Relationships
Started by Biggles
Most recent by BJEndresen
Caring For a Spouse or Partner
212
Jan 18, 2025
8
14
Nonstop for my dad. Need suggestions.
My mother has had dementia for 2 years. My father is taking care of her in our own home. Recently, she has been nonstop needing something after helping her just 5 minutes ago. If no one answers right …
Asking for Help
Caregiver Health
Stress
Started by jwgl27
Most recent by harshedbuzz
Caring For a Spouse or Partner
226
Jan 18, 2025
2
4
How to handle angry people?
I am 74 and have been married for 52 years. I have been slowly declining since 2020. I was happy that I maintained an abiliity to craft a sentence. I have a husband, 74, and two sons, 50 and 48. THe 5…
Asking for Help
Stress
Memory Loss
Started by Doulton
Most recent by smarie
I Am Living With Alzheimer's or Other Dementia
153
Jan 17, 2025
0
3
New here
Good morning everyone. I finally took the step for myself. Talking to someone else about what is happening in my life right now and them knowing how I feel. It’s hard to tell someone who don’t know th…
Stress
Grief
Changes in Relationships
Started by Mirelsa87
Most recent by frm95210
Caring for a Parent
132
Jan 10, 2025
5
5
I'm learning to accept this new reality
Hey I'm a 35 year old man who takes care of his mother. She lives a few blocks from me and is going through dementia. Early 2024 is when I first noticed signs. My mom is 77 years old, she is my heart,…
Stress
Support
Started by rqtek
Most recent by SDianeL
I Am a Caregiver (General Topics)
144
Jan 9, 2025
2
3
Obsessed with thinking the internet company is "Stealing"
Does anyone else have to do this or just our family?
Behaviors
Stress
Delusions
Started by Ossom
Caring for a Parent
57
Jan 7, 2025
0
Sexual Behavior in Husbands
Super sexed DH II feel like I am the only 75+ caregivers whose husband is constantly wanting to make love or touch, lay with, hug or kiss me. Do others deal with this and shadowing? Does anyone have h…
Asking for Help
Stress
Started by Sjeffreys
Most recent by justbreathe2
Caring For a Spouse or Partner
187
Jan 7, 2025
6
3
Having a baby in six weeks, dad is declining
I moved my dad into memory care a little over a year ago. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done but he adjusted amazingly well. I moved him a few states away to be near me and I see him a few times …
Stress
Changes in Relationships
Adult Child
Started by machelriller
Most recent by machelriller
Caring for a Parent
117
Dec 27, 2024
1
3
Thanksgiving MC
I don’t know what to do about thanksgiving. My mom is in MC. Has been since August. She keeps bringing up Thanksgiving and my sister who usually hosts. My sister and I were hoping that bringing our fa…
Communication
Stress
Support
Started by kblau
Most recent by kblau
Caring for a Parent
170
Dec 18, 2024
0
5
I need advice or someone to talk to. How did/do you manage what helps?
Earlier this year my father who is a 64 year old veteran was diagnosed with early onset dementia. It’s been very difficult for me. I feel so alone and kinda almost ready to give up but I know I can’t …
Asking for Help
Stress
Support
Started by shakeshannonshake
Most recent by Trube0311
Caring for a Parent
275
Dec 12, 2024
0
6
Guns
Hi my father is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s. We live in rural Alaska and he has always had an arsenal of guns in our home. He always carries one with him everywhere we go. He hasn’t given me an…
Asking for Help
Caregiving
Stress
Started by johnnij
Most recent by JoseyWales
Caring For a Spouse or Partner
398
Dec 8, 2024
1
18
Burnout
Today I want to rant, I’m tired and exhausted, I really thought I had a handle on all this, I love communicating and writing on this site, it balances me and helps me to understand that I am not alone…
Communication
Stress
Depression
Started by Biggles
Most recent by midge333
Caring For a Spouse or Partner
223
Nov 26, 2024
7
9
Mother with AD has Anxiety
I am new here. My mother was just diagnosed with Alzheimer's in August; but I think she has been struggling for longer than that. She is on Aricept and says that it helps her feel less in a fog. She i…
Early Stage (Mild)
Stress
Anxiety
Started by nsglobe
Most recent by JennybytheSea
Caring for a Parent
184
Nov 21, 2024
1
5
Living with a parent with early onset dementia
Hello 👋🏽 I am new to taking care of a parent with dementia. It has been a complete struggle for me. I am a single mother to a beautiful son who is diagnosed with autism. My mother was told by her do…
Caregiving
Stress
Dementia
Started by kontara
Most recent by Quilting brings calm
Caring for a Parent
104
Nov 16, 2024
0
4
Should I share my own surgery recovery with my LO that is in assisted living?
I have been caregiving for my mom for 4 years, moved her to assisted-living two months ago. I was consistently visiting her 4 to 5 times a week to assure her she is still loved and we are not abandoni…
Caregiving
Communication
Stress
Started by marmarmar
Most recent by Quilting brings calm
I Am a Caregiver (General Topics)
110
Nov 12, 2024
0
4
BIGGEST FEAR, DW MC and what about the whole SEX in MC with others?
Help me navigate the negative thoughts I am feeling. Let me start by stating. I am feeling a tremendous amount of grief. The person in my wife’s very fragile frail body is not the woman I married. I m…
Behaviors
Stress
Changes in Relationships
Started by DrNani
Most recent by Carl46
Caring For a Spouse or Partner
654
Oct 30, 2024
3
11
Young Adult Daughter of Dad with Dementia
Hi everyone! I'm 22, just came home from graduating college and sadly my Dad was recently diagnosed with Dementia after 2 years of agitation, aggression, and eventually psychosis symptoms. With the he…
Caregiving
Stress
Dementia
Started by bdavis809
Most recent by SDianeL
I Am a Caregiver (General Topics)
127
Oct 24, 2024
3
1
Feeling defeated
I am new to this forum and after reading through other's posts, I finally feel validated and not alone. I am the caregiver for my Mom who was diagnosed with dementia 2 years ago. She has been living w…
Behaviors
Asking for Help
Stress
Started by DaniGreen
Most recent by 1359Pond
Caring for a Parent
295
Sep 30, 2024
1
6
DH now stage 6
my DH is now stage six. I’m exhausted physically and mentally. He hallucinates, delusional, wanders, paranoid, agitated and confused. The speech is so bad. He can say a word and make a somewhat senten…
Burnout
Stress
Grief
Started by Lkrielow99
Most recent by SDianeL
Caring For a Spouse or Partner
316
Sep 23, 2024
9
5
First Visit MC - traumatized
Moved mom in 10 days ago to MC unit close to my home from an AL further away. I’ve had no communication with her since the director advised me not too. (Had her cell phone at first but she called the …
Stress
Memory Care
Started by kblau
Most recent by kblau
Caring for a Parent
253
Sep 12, 2024
1
11
Memory Care transition
Well it has been 2.5 weeks since my DH has been in memory care. Prior to this, he spent 3.5 weeks in the hospital. The first couple of days he was there, I literally slept like a log. My bed didn't ev…
Behaviors
Stress
Anxiety
Started by Rosanne77
Most recent by terei
Caring For a Spouse or Partner
222
Sep 9, 2024
3
4
Support for the spouses or partners of dementia caregivers!
:/ Is there any information on support groups for the spouses or partners or the caregivers or info on what it can do to a relationship or marriage? Any information is greatly appreciated!
Asking for Help
Self-Care
Stress
Started by Mrs Reyes
Most recent by Gammaofmany
I Am a Caregiver (General Topics)
681
Aug 31, 2024
2
15

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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Feels Like a Lose-Lose

Struggling to Cope

Guilt around visiting MCF

New diagnosis, new to group. Having a rough ugly cry day.

X2 now

Self-care (for the caregivers)

Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

Nonstop for my dad. Need suggestions.

How to handle angry people?

New here

I'm learning to accept this new reality

Obsessed with thinking the internet company is "Stealing"

Sexual Behavior in Husbands

Having a baby in six weeks, dad is declining

Thanksgiving MC

I need advice or someone to talk to. How did/do you manage what helps?

Guns

Burnout

Mother with AD has Anxiety

Living with a parent with early onset dementia

Should I share my own surgery recovery with my LO that is in assisted living?

BIGGEST FEAR, DW MC and what about the whole SEX in MC with others?

Young Adult Daughter of Dad with Dementia

Feeling defeated

DH now stage 6

First Visit MC - traumatized

Memory Care transition

Support for the spouses or partners of dementia caregivers!

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