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Longtime caregiver looking for support and coping tips
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I do have friends coming to stay for an hour, sometimes twice a day, so I can go exercise or run errands. That helps a lot, but the days still get long. Hospice has respite care for 4 nights and 5 days, but it can only be used once every quarter or some such. I would really like to use it so fly back to our house in MN, but need more than 5 days to make that worthwhile. Something might work out in the fall when our snowbird friends come back and they might stay with Jenny a couple of days. Thanks for your thoughts
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My husband has moderate Alzheimer's. He has a good disposition, but broke his hip about four months ago. He's made good progress with Physical Therapy and just graduated to a cane. The therapist gave us a new bunch of exercises yesterday, which Ian doesn't remember, so I have to find more time in the day to add them to our routine. I have to give him a pep talk before every session about why he has to do his exercises. One benefit is I do the exercises with him so they help me too.
I hope everything works out for you and Jenny. Cut yourself some slack wherever and whenever you can.