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God bless you. You are an angel!

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Discussion: How to maintain feeling respected, worthy and needed?

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: Jan 13, 2024

Shirley- I am so glad that you find Connect to be a source of support for...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/960968/

Discussion: I can’t cope while my husband is dying

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: Nov 8, 2023

I appreciate your comments but the part about him being a danger on the road etc...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/875800/

Discussion: No more Driving

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: Jun 10, 2023

I read your notes, and it brings back memories of when I cared for my mother...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/859390/

Discussion: ‘Just Put Her in a Home,' They Say

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: May 13, 2023

Merry, my partner moved into our spare bedroom a few months ago. Occasionally I feel hurt...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/817638/

Discussion: Nightly forays: What are your suggestions about nighttime activity?

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: Feb 26, 2023

Hello, @milomiles I commend you for the courage of your post! As caregivers we always know...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/805065/

Discussion: Husband With Slow Cognitive Decline: So sad & confused

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: Feb 1, 2023

Don’t worry about tomorrow. Today has troubles enough of its own. So my philosophy is, “One...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/735683/

Discussion: What strategies help you cope with behavioral changes in loved one?

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: Aug 9, 2022

Bill is having more and more problems working his computer. He thinks it is the computer....

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/683857/

Discussion: Thrashing In His Sleep

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: Feb 23, 2022

My husband is having more and more cognitive problems - no official diagnose yet but the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/668616/

Discussion: Introductions: Are you caring for someone with dementia?

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: Jan 6, 2022

Thanks for starting this discussion @fiesty76. We had that discussion with my wife's mother and fortunately...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/326694/

Discussion: Driving, Early Dementia and Stroke

Support Group: Aging Well

Posted: Nov 5, 2020

Here’s the term I couldn’t remember in my previous comment - Anosognosia. And from the Cleveland...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1454931/

Discussion: Denial is not just for Egyptians

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: Dec 7, 2025

@pamela78 Pamela It's a hard thing however you are not alone. I had the same thing:...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1422386/

Discussion: Grief support: Anyone experiencing anticipatory grief?

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: Oct 24, 2025

Sleep deprivation has many colors, side effects. Severe sleep deprivation can cause signs and symptoms of...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1383490/

Discussion: Extreme Insomnia Due to Inability to Lie Still at Night

Support Group: Parkinson's Disease

Posted: Aug 31, 2025

I notice this post is a little older, and I don't know if you are still...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1370392/

Discussion: Is there an App/device to track if dad took meds?

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: Aug 14, 2025

In most states "informing driver’s licensing agencies (i.e., the Department of Motor Vehicles) about potentially dangerous...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1364874/

Discussion: Driving-and when to stop

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: Aug 6, 2025

This seems to me to be more of a sad situation than a dangerous one. I...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1341375/

Discussion: Early Alzheimer’s diagnosis and hypersexuality

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: Jul 5, 2025

I have a loved one with dementia and it has affected me ways that are forms...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1266102/

Discussion: Caregiver for Spouse with Alzheimers - How can I Survive?

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: Mar 24, 2025

I moved to a far away city to help a relative and extended family with a...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1264100/

Discussion: How do you handle the loneliness?

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: Mar 22, 2025

I identify with everything you're saying. All the shared activities have pretty much gone by the...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1250848/

Discussion: Probably not ever going to be officially diagnosed

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: Mar 5, 2025

I took the initiative and wrote to the Department of Motor Vehicles when my mother kept...

https://connect.mayoclinic.org/comment/1233170/

Discussion: Spouse with MCI insists on using computer technology without help

Support Group: Caregivers: Dementia

Posted: Feb 9, 2025

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