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@kathyduggan

Thank you for sharing your list. My husband was diagnosed with MCI in 2023, and has been taking Aricept since then. We see the neurologist every six months and he’s been fairly stable. However, I do notice subtle changes, and then again he seems just fine. It’s those times that lull me into feeling better about his diagnosis, but not for long. I fortunately have used many of the suggestions on this list and I would like to offer one more that works good for us. When there’s any appointments, or decisions that needs to be made financially or otherwise I will wait as long as possible before telling him about them, since he would obsess over everything about it and make it extremely difficult to continue with following through. So far it works pretty good. We’ve been married for 29 years and it is heart breaking to see your loved one lose their ability to function normally. I am trying to think ahead and am contacting places that have memory care to accommodate us before he needs their care. I feel this is the only logical way to proceed ahead and do it before it has to be done. Good luck and God Bless you all. Kathy

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Thank you for sharing. Heartbreaking it is to see our loved ones experiencing cognitive decline. I do understand what you are saying about the times when everything seems better only to be hit with reality again when something happens to remind us that it isn’t. It sounds like you have given careful consideration to your options & have come up with a plan that works for you.