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Please look into home caregivers coming in to help you care for your wife in addition to Funkygrandma's good idea about adult daycare. If you're overwhelmed and not looking after yourself, let that be your red flag to make some changes. There are TWO people here who matter, you and your wife, not just her. If you break down or get sick, then what???
Dementia is very difficult for one person to handle the care for, most people can agree with that statement. Memory Care Assisted Living can be another option down the road if home care doesn't work out. My mother spent just under 3 years in MC and was very well cared for by "her girls" as she called them.
Google adult daycare in your area, caregiver agencies and in person support groups.
Wishing you the best of luck with a difficult situation.
Your profile says that your wife is 73 and that she's been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's which is unusual for someone her age as most early onset folks are in their late 50's early 60's. But regardless, she obviously has dementia and that diagnosis can be very overwhelming for the loved one tasked to care for them. However, if you are overwhelmed this early on in your wife's diagnosis, it's time to get your ducks in a row and get either in-home care set up for her so you can get out and still do things that you enjoy, or take her to your local Adult Daycare Center where she will be around other folks with dementia. You can take her there up to 5 days a week and 8 hours a day. They will feed her breakfast, lunch and a snack and keep her busy with lots of fun activities. There's a cost, but if money is an issue they do have help available. I would also suggest educating yourself about dementia, so you're better prepared for what lies ahead. The book The 36 Hour Day is a great place to start. And I would also see if you have a local caregiver support group in your area, as it always helps to be able to share with others going through similar things as you. Self care is very important as you take this journey with your wife, so please make sure you're at least doing little things that bring you joy. And if and when your wife's care gets to be just too much for you, you can have her placed in a memory care facility where you can get back to just being her husband and advocate instead of her overwhelmed caregiver. You are stronger than you know and you're going to be ok when this journey is all said and done. God bless you.
By proceeding, I agree that I understand the following disclosures:
I. How We Work in Washington.
Based on your preferences, we provide you with information about one or more of our contracted senior living providers ("Participating Communities") and provide your Senior Living Care Information to Participating Communities. The Participating Communities may contact you directly regarding their services.
APFM does not endorse or recommend any provider. It is your sole responsibility to select the appropriate care for yourself or your loved one. We work with both you and the Participating Communities in your search. We do not permit our Advisors to have an ownership interest in Participating Communities.
II. How We Are Paid.
We do not charge you any fee – we are paid by the Participating Communities. Some Participating Communities pay us a percentage of the first month's standard rate for the rent and care services you select. We invoice these fees after the senior moves in.
III. When We Tour.
APFM tours certain Participating Communities in Washington (typically more in metropolitan areas than in rural areas.) During the 12 month period prior to December 31, 2017, we toured 86.2% of Participating Communities with capacity for 20 or more residents.
IV. No Obligation or Commitment.
You have no obligation to use or to continue to use our services. Because you pay no fee to us, you will never need to ask for a refund.
V. Complaints.
Please contact our Family Feedback Line at (866) 584-7340 or ConsumerFeedback@aplaceformom.com to report any complaint. Consumers have many avenues to address a dispute with any referral service company, including the right to file a complaint with the Attorney General's office at: Consumer Protection Division, 800 5th Avenue, Ste. 2000, Seattle, 98104 or 800-551-4636.
VI. No Waiver of Your Rights.
APFM does not (and may not) require or even ask consumers seeking senior housing or care services in Washington State to sign waivers of liability for losses of personal property or injury or to sign waivers of any rights established under law.
I agree that:
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I authorize A Place For Mom ("APFM") to collect certain personal and contact detail information, as well as relevant health care information about me or from me about the senior family member or relative I am assisting ("Senior Living Care Information").
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APFM may provide information to me electronically. My electronic signature on agreements and documents has the same effect as if I signed them in ink.
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APFM may send all communications to me electronically via e-mail or by access to an APFM web site.
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If I want a paper copy, I can print a copy of the Disclosures or download the Disclosures for my records.
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This E-Sign Acknowledgement and Authorization applies to these Disclosures and all future Disclosures related to APFM's services, unless I revoke my authorization. You may revoke this authorization in writing at any time (except where we have already disclosed information before receiving your revocation.) This authorization will expire after one year.
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You consent to APFM's reaching out to you using a phone system than can auto-dial numbers (we miss rotary phones, too!), but this consent is not required to use our service.
Dementia is very difficult for one person to handle the care for, most people can agree with that statement. Memory Care Assisted Living can be another option down the road if home care doesn't work out. My mother spent just under 3 years in MC and was very well cared for by "her girls" as she called them.
Google adult daycare in your area, caregiver agencies and in person support groups.
Wishing you the best of luck with a difficult situation.
But regardless, she obviously has dementia and that diagnosis can be very overwhelming for the loved one tasked to care for them.
However, if you are overwhelmed this early on in your wife's diagnosis, it's time to get your ducks in a row and get either in-home care set up for her so you can get out and still do things that you enjoy, or take her to your local Adult Daycare Center where she will be around other folks with dementia. You can take her there up to 5 days a week and 8 hours a day. They will feed her breakfast, lunch and a snack and keep her busy with lots of fun activities. There's a cost, but if money is an issue they do have help available.
I would also suggest educating yourself about dementia, so you're better prepared for what lies ahead. The book The 36 Hour Day is a great place to start.
And I would also see if you have a local caregiver support group in your area, as it always helps to be able to share with others going through similar things as you.
Self care is very important as you take this journey with your wife, so please make sure you're at least doing little things that bring you joy.
And if and when your wife's care gets to be just too much for you, you can have her placed in a memory care facility where you can get back to just being her husband and advocate instead of her overwhelmed caregiver.
You are stronger than you know and you're going to be ok when this journey is all said and done.
God bless you.