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I’m looking for some advice or to hear from anyone who has been through something similar with an aging parent or grandparent. My loved one is 80 and has been experiencing noticeable changes with her memory and behavior that have gotten progressively worse over the past year. It initially seemed like normal short-term…
Hi- I feel like I am in a situation with multiple circumstances and need advice. My mom is in middle to late stage dementia. She currently lives at home with her husband but needs more care. I am in the final stages of signing her up for memory care. Most days mom does not see that she needs to move and says she won’t do…
Mom is calling siblings, extended family and friends a huge amount of times a day asking for assistance in moving her back to her home from care center. An example...my sister received 30 calls on Tuesday and by early afternoon yesterday had 15. My brother received 15 calls yesterday and his wife as well. Care staff…
Caring for an estranged grandmother with rapidly progressing Alzheimer’s, no POA, and an immediate need for 24/7 supervision I’m reaching out because my family has been thrown into a rapidly escalating situation, and we need advice from people familiar with the gap between realizing someone needs 24/7 care and actually…
My sister with Alzheimer's has been in assisted living now for 3 months. It was rough going getting her in. For weeks she wanted to return to her apartment where she lived alone. She now seems happy and settled and is willing to give up her apartment. We plan to move her things out next month. My question, should I let her…
Compassion fatigue TED Talk [https://youtu.be/ZsaorjIo1Yc?si=L07hszirRcCX-mXP]
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Today dad goes in for surgery. He has severely unmanaged type 2 diabetes and his last surgery advanced his dementia so much that he has gone from stage 3 to stage 5 quickly. He is having yet another digit removed from his foot and the hospital is acting like it is no big deal… I feel it is a bigger deal than they are…
Friend has consistent memory lapses. They often can't remember what day of the week it is. I meet them at the gym on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I send them a reminder text the night before and send one again the next morning about 45 minutes before we meet. They are unable to operate the locker combination at the gym without…
I live in Oklahoma and my mother and stepdad live in Maryland. My stepdad is currently in a memory care facility with advanced Alzheimer's. My mother has a severe physical disability and has also recently been diagnosed with early stages of Alzheimer's. My sister and her husband moved into my mother's home to care for her,…
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