Hallo Everyone.  Please may I join the club?
Are there any Canadians in this group who might be able to clarify something
of interest to me please?
My friend, aged 62, has mild (possibly mild to moderate) dementia and it is

I probably should wake up more this morning before I make this post?
(ha) But overtime,in posts in here,I keep reading about assisted living
places and I wonder how those are different from nursing homes? And do
some nursing homes have assisted living parts? That is different levels

In Jan my MIL with dementia had minor wrist surgery after which she pushed
on the location of the stitches to the point that the Dr had her arm casted
to prevent her messing with the area where he did the surgery. The cast was
a whole new mess that lasted for months, 24 hrs a day- ...

Dear Friends--
Posting and reading posts over the years have helped so much with the
anger, sometimes the hopelessness, the decisions and all the things that
come to a caretaker over time.

Just trying to catch up some on some of the posts tonight. :-) Not going
to be able to get to all of them that I want to tonight.
Put in 6 to 7 hours Sunday and got my 4x7 split quail pen finished. Got
the last boards painted and on it and the tin roof on. Moved my older

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Apologies for somethings I said in some thead posts of mine tonight. I
was just letting off some steam because somethings have been stressing
me out lately and today another stress was added on to that because for
some reason no one came from the home health place today to stay with

First off, happy Mother's Day to all of you out there!
Today the vet and I agreed to put my 9yo shiba inu (a Japanese dog) to
sleep. Sandy and Kahlua, a 9yo chocolate lab, are like my kids, never having
had any of the 2-legged variety. Sandy had a hypothyroid problem, which may

I saw the first bear of the season!   Just watching the news after dinner
and glanced out the window, and near our small pond, a small black bear was
moving through the woods.  It is amazing how quietly they glide through the
forest and how quickly.

any thoughts on discouraging someone from feeling the need to be in the
carer's physical space all the time? My MIL has taken to following me
EVERYWHERE - or, if I'm sitting at my desk, to coming over within inches of
me and just standing here staring at me ....

Happened yesterday.....

Here we go again ...
Mom is slipping. I see it in her not remembering what she has done 10
minutes before, being very uncomfortable following a conversation in a
social setting (after-church refreshments), even having trouble choosing

Was too tired last night to post much of anything anywhere! Good tired
though from getting somethings done. :-) Went to bed fairly early for
me;but with a bit of a headache that I had took two aspirin for. Woke up
in about an hour or so and the headache was worse. :-( Got up,ate a

I have 3 cats now. The 7 or 8 year old cat has always been a mostly
outside cat and only seldom comes in to eat. Poor thing never got a
name,so I just call her Cat. A very pretty long haired black and white
cat and a rather strange thing about her is that she's never had babies

I am looking for independant caregiver registry for Orange county,
California. Any help would be appreciated. Agencies referrals has been
disappointing.
Thank You