At some point her care will be too much for you to handle and you will need help. Have you considered moving to Independent Senior living that has different levels of care for when she needs more help?
A lot of people have already asked if you have legal documents in place, but decisions about where to live are also very important. Please understand you will need help.
Please stick around with us, you will get lots of good advice and support here.
Welcome Garlic. You will never be alone now and have tons of resourceful, experienced, and caring people to reach out to as you travel this path. Read as much as you can to understand what is happening. It makes living and dealing with the disease easier in my opinion when you understand what’s happening. As already mentioned by others here, Teepa videos are a great source of information. Also, accept help and take care of yourself. Best of luck.
If the caregiver, you’ll need support. This site is excellent and available 24/7/365!
Check out local hospitals for a caregiver support group you can attend. I’m in a group with 10-14 people who bring so much knowledge and experience to the table - very helpful to me!
Use this link to find a local group. Plug in your city & state: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/groups
Who has been diagnosed, you or a LO? How old are you?
Please start by viewing the YouTube video from the link cwillie provided. You should then make an appointment to see an elder law attorney/estate planner. This will be money well-spent. Planning at this stage will be incredibly helpful and ultimately wise as you journey down this path. May you receive peace in your heart, compassion from others and wise counsel.
Please make sure any POA documents executed at this time include not only a primary POA but also a successor POA and a process to name other successors if needed. There is usually only one chance at creating POAs for dementia patients while they remain competent and those documents may need to be effective for more than a decade.
Lots that will need to be done, but while person is still competent, get POA for healthcare and financial. Go see elder care attorney. Also if you can, go with them to social security and get signed on as representative payee. Social Security does not recognize POA so if LO not competent to designate payee you will need a letter to state, they are not able to make decisions.
There are many good articles that you can read here on AgingCare, but I'm going to give you a link to a series available on YouTube by Teepa Snow, an amazing expert in dementia:
Where do you and your wife live now?
At some point her care will be too much for you to handle and you will need help. Have you considered moving to Independent Senior living that has different levels of care for when she needs more help?
A lot of people have already asked if you have legal documents in place, but decisions about where to live are also very important. Please understand you will need help.
Please stick around with us, you will get lots of good advice and support here.
Check out local hospitals for a caregiver support group you can attend. I’m in a group with 10-14 people who bring so much knowledge and experience to the table - very helpful to me!
Use this link to find a local group. Plug in your city & state:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/groups
Best wishes to you on this journey.
Who has been diagnosed, you or a LO? How old are you?
Please start by viewing the YouTube video from the link cwillie provided. You should then make an appointment to see an elder law attorney/estate planner. This will be money well-spent. Planning at this stage will be incredibly helpful and ultimately wise as you journey down this path. May you receive peace in your heart, compassion from others and wise counsel.
LO is loved one
representative payee. Social Security does not recognize POA so if LO not competent to designate payee you will need a letter to state, they are not able to make decisions.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVl8vTLjje8ESAEvpjVoVTEK-_6X2jTdl