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How to keep your elderly dementia mother awake during the day so she can sleep at night?

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Rogerwyatt7890 Replied 24 min ago

We live near Richmond VA. My mom, 88, has severe dementia and my dad, 91, does not. They live at home and my mom requires 24 hour care.

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Southernwaver Answered 24 min ago

How do you value furniture in someone's estate when they lived in a common home?

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cwillie Answered 29 min ago

I wonder if 91 year old father will outlive me. I have just been diagnosed with cancer in my mind-fifties. I think the stress of caregiving.

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Southernwaver Answered 43 min ago

What to do when they start hoarding ridiculous stuff?

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Anxietynacy Replied 58 min ago

Is asking for a gratuity appropriate at a senior living establishment?

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PeggySue2020 Answered 1 hour ago

My mother is in nursing home went in for rehab. Now Medicaid approved they want me to move her do I have to based on “no Medicaid beds”?

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Geaton777 Answered 1 hour ago

How can I get my elderly mother to understand that I need a break from caregiving?

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strugglinson Answered 1 hour ago

What is the best screening instrument to measure cognitive decline?

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KNance72 Answered 1 hour ago

Assisted living is not doing there part. Am I expecting too much?

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WearyJanie Replied 1 hour ago

Do dementia people forget to eat?

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Gardening as therapy.

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cwillie Commented 17 min ago

Can NYS medicaid long-term nursing care in a nursing home be transferred to medicaid for home care?

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Geaton777 Commented 1 hour ago

These are a few of my favorite things!

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Anxietynacy Commented 1 hour ago

My "whine moment today." What's yours?

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golden23 Commented 2 hours ago

DH finally has to step up. Any advice?

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newbiewife Commented 3 hours ago

Dog discussion thread.

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sp196902 Commented 15 hours ago

What's for dinner?

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Sendhelp Commented 18 hours ago

Has being a caregiver affected your sense of worth/self-esteem?

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waytomisery Commented 19 hours ago

Caregiving resource recommendations (books, shows, podcasts, etc.).

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BarbBrooklyn Commented 21 hours ago

In debt, struggling long term caretaker, feeling desperate to get away from narcissist mother, but have no way out. Angry, tired, and stuck.

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