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Hello, I am new to this community and looking for support and help. I am 78, and my husband is 5.5 years younger. I have spoken at length with my doctor about what's going on in my life, and she has been very supportive and suggested I come here for guidance. I have seen my husband's decline over the past several years,…
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I would like to hear from anyone who is dealing with a spouse or LO who has this dx. My husband has been diagnosed with cerebral amyloid angiopathy—which seems to be the cause of this vascular dementia. We have been married since 1994. He is 79. This dx has turned him into basically a different person. He is 6'10" and has…
Hello. We moved my mother into memory care a couple weeks ago and she is slowly starting to adjust except when my father visits. My father is, by nature, very logical and rational. My mother is, by nature, very emotional with a tendency to complain/argue with my father (it's been that way for decades). When visiting, my…
Hi, I'm new to the group and looking for support. I don't know this is the right place for me. My mother is in assisted living with mild-to-moderate dementia. She lives 1/2 mile down the road from me. I’m her primary care partner and decision-maker, but I’m not providing hands-on care. I'm mentally and emotionally…
Dementia has really hurt my family tremendously. I live long distance from the rest of the family. My aunt has dementia. She's pretty upset with me for setting boundaries for myself. Long story short, I was expected to be her caregiver without any consent from me. So, when I would call my aunt, she would yell and cry…
I see that I had a post last year about the loneliness of living with a spouse with AL. Of course, the disease has progressed. I'm guessing that he is more stage 4 than 3. Really, who can tell for sure. We have a daughter who is not currently speaking to us as she works through some things. Exactly what things, she did not…
My DH is somewhere between early and middle stage. He was diagnosed in 2022, at age 71, 13 months after my mother died of Alzheimer’s (she stopped taking nourishment) at the age of 93. That was a nightmare because it was Covid with my mom and no paid caregivers were available when she started needing 24 h caregiving so it…
Hi, I just created an account for this group,hoping to find support and helpful information. I am a loving partner to a 76-year-old woman who has been exhibiting memory lapses, delusions, and paranoia. I care deeply for her and am trying to figure out how best to help her, beginning with that first awkward, sensitive…
I suspect a dear friend of mine has early onset. This person's mother had Alzheimer's and passed away as a result. My friend is in their mid-60s and is dealing with the recent death of a spouse so for the past two or so years I've attributed recent behavior changes (verbal outbursts, mostly) to grief and having to navigate…
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