He is living and he is my husband on paper, but the disease took the relationship away years ago. One day, I think I’m over the fence, as far as grieving goes and then it’ll come up to smack me, right in the face. As with any grieving, there really is no end to the grieving, it just changes. If you move your spouse with early onset Alzheimer’s into a care community, and you are no longer physically the full-time caregiver, you still have grief, because they are there to remind you of what you’ve lost.
And the loneliness stinks. But, it’s something I know I have to sit in, sit in, sit in, and feel it fully, before I can heal from the trauma that causes it.
Early Onset Alzheimer's - Decision to Move Husband into a Care Community
/The decision to move my husband who has early onset alzheimer’s into a care community before his 62nd birthday was difficult, lonely, and long overdue.
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One of the ways I started to turn my mental health around as a caregiver for a husband with early onset Alzheimers, was to start writing.
Read MoreDon't Wish Away the Days - Early Onset Alzheimer’s
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I have to work on this mindset every single day. It’s so easy to think if only the days got easier, I would be happier. Don’t get me wrong, this is a struggle. It’s not something I excel at.
Read MoreEarly Onset Alzheimer's - Caregiver Emotions
/As a caregiving wife to a husband with early onset Alzheimer’s, I have been shocked at just how many different emotions that I’ve experienced in the last year alone. This book is a great devotional if you, too, are on an unexpected journey.
Read MoreEarly Onset Alzheimer's - Legal, Financial, and Longterm Planning
/Legal, financial and longterm planning required a lot of time after my husband’s diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s. Here are a few of the things we had to address while he was able to have input and sign.
Read MoreEarly Onset Alzheimer's - The Diagnosis
/In the first year of caregiving, I had so many feelings and emotions going on; Grief, anger, sadness, hopelessness, irritation, frustration, loneliness. Of all the things that I was feeling, the hopelessness was probably the hardest to come to terms with.
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