Simply this: I appreciate this site IMMENSELY !!!... But we now seem to live in an "ABBREVIATED' age... Yet not everyone who reads this site knows what every abbreviation used in Questions means... I think most readers who do not know the used Abbreviation, will just not bother to read further or react to it.!
"Aging-Care" -personnel: Could you please have a permanent request printed on your site for "questioners" to have the courtesy to fully write out the word, the 1st time it is used, then put the Abbreviation in parenthesis next to the word. Thereafter the meaning of the abbreviation is known to the reader throughout the rest of the text. ...
This has become "courtesy protocol" in business correspondence and here it should be required, because your readers live in such a large country that terminology and names can be different in Alaska, compared to the same thing in Texas....... Your Attention to this matter would surely be appreciated by many readers, as your subject matter discussed here is becoming ever more important and the help you offer is needed by many elderly
I am now asking for an explanation for " APS " - it is not found in Google either.... Thank you for listening ! DHilBe.
And I understand your frustration. When I first signed on here it took me a while to figure a few of them out too! If you've got more list them here and I'll try to interpret as well as I can. If I can't I'm sure someone else will. Not sure if your appeal for an abbreviation courtesy protocol will work, but kudos for trying!
Especially since I just had to look up what OPM means and found this site :
acronymfinder , which had 30 Abbreviations for OPM, and on the bottom stated " Note: We have 208 other definitions for APG in our Acronym Attic "........ there's another good reason to at least once write out the full name... which I overlooked in the case of the Question I read with APS in it, and then lost in my Taskbar-jungle... the full name was stated in the TITLE... when I found it again after writing my "mad" note.... hahaha...Have a good day .
(What a pain in the a** my mother can be sometimes)
*snort* too cute
DHS = Department of Human Services
AL = Assisted Living
IL = Independent Living (or as blannie pointed out, Illinois, depending on context!)
NH = Nursing Home
VA = Veterans Administration (or Virginia, depending on context)
ALZ = Alzheimers
SD = Sundowners
BoniChak, you're about to put me on the floor here....(giggle). I can't get past that one either - we're from another planet. Here's another acronym for you - SMH. Means "Shaking My Head". I do that a lot when I read certain posts. One of these days, my head is gonna roll right off my shoulders, I swear.
DW -darling wife
MIL - Mother-in-law, FIL - Father-in-law, etc.
SW social worker
LOL laughing out loud
DH, I too understand your frustration. Many of us have been through reports on us to Adult Protective Services, that were requested my our vindictive siblings. APS is a division of the Department of Human Services, DHS.
Thank you for the chuckle everyone. I wonder what other acronyms I could come up with...
LOL!
It's tough. The only options for placement of our loved ones are Illinois, Alabama, and New Hampshire.
ADL - Activities of Daily Living
FYI - For Your Information
BTY - By The Way
IMO - In My Opinion...or IMHO - In My Honeat Opinion
b/c - because
ILMMANOC
I'm Losing My Mind And No One Cares.
Some days.....
SS - Silently Screaming
CTW - Climbing The Walls
SERENF - Seeking Escape Route Exit Not Found
Lovin this thread!
MOW-mom on warpath
IAD-i am done
SIN-sister is nuts
FAG- friends are gone
SDYJWTS - Some Days You Just Want To Scream
WTEE - Will This Ever End
NUTS - Never Underestimate The Sister! ;)
for serious
LO - loved one
OP - original poster
NM - narcissistic mother also NARC
PD - personality disorder
AL or ALF assisted living
FS - female sibling when you can't call her sister
LaLa land -where they live
OMLN - on my last nerve
RR -rubber room (I'll join you there)
IRATTSANCB
I'm Running Away To The Store And Never Coming Back!
I have to come here occasionally just to regain my sanity. Come join me on my planet. I have cookies here. hee hee hee
What is NUTS for?
I have started using Narc Shark for narcississtic mother and sister.
TBTOTD - the best thread of the day!
*three letter acronym
Daughter - hi mom i got an A on my paper xxx
Mother - wtf! WELL DONE XXXX
Daughter - ??? Mom, what do you think wtf means?
cm - there are some hilarious texts