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I'm so sorry to hear about others' journey through this disease...it is horrible, and there is so little we can do as caregivers...except to keep caring and loving the best we can. I do believe they feel our love still - even when we have to place them into a memory care community.
On the topic of showering...do others have that same problem? Ken used to be very preppy and well groomed - and now he won't shower and keeps wearing the same clothes. He's also only eating once a day now (breakfast). I don't know if these are symptoms of the disease, depression, or if it's because we had to move him into memory care.
Hugs & love to all of us going through this!
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The showering my hubby gets are the ones i give him. He too used to be well groomed but i now have to help him with showers and getting toothbrush ready. He says he really likes that im helping him shower, I think alot of it is that he enjoys the physical touch and gets all fresh at the same time. And every so often he says to me "thank you for helping me with these things" and "im so glad you're here" and he gets a little emotional too and i just tell him "that's what i'm here for....to take care of you"
I think its a little bit of everything on what he doesn't shower or change clothes (ie. depression, the disease and having to move).
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Showers are continually an issue now. Constantly reminding him to take a shower and then hedoesn’t do it anyway, he wears clothes that are dirty, man’s he hardly shaves anymore. I don’t know who this man is, but I’m trying hard not to give up.