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    • CommentAuthorKadee*
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008 edited
     
    Since I started the thread regarding the ages of spouses with dementia, now I am curious as to what ages are the caregivers. I am 58 years old.
    • CommentAuthorJean21*
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I am 69.
    • CommentAuthorSheltifan
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I am 51. I think. yeah..51

    Patty
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      CommentAuthorStarling*
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I'm 67.
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    I'm 72.
    • CommentAuthorPhyllis9
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I am 70 years old
    • CommentAuthormaryd
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I am 70.
    • CommentAuthoringe
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I'm 69.
    • CommentAuthorThenneck *
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I am 53
    • CommentAuthorcynfany
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I'm 54
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      CommentAuthorCarolyn*
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I'm 74
    • CommentAuthoranitalynn
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I'm 64
  2.  
    70 but have been in this for10 years
    • CommentAuthorkathi37*
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    A reluctant 71.
    • CommentAuthorTheQueen*
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    hate those numbers rolling over = 68
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    70
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      CommentAuthorNew Realm*
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    48 (in 2 weeks)
    • CommentAuthoriggy
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I'm 56
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      CommentAuthordeb112958
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I'll be 50 at the end of November
  4.  
    I guess I'm the oldest - 77
  5.  
    Hi, I'm a first timer. I'm 51 and my husband is 73. He was diagnosed 3 years ago and we have been married 4. Talk about poor timing!
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      CommentAuthorNew Realm*
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    Yikes jules.
    I'm almost 48, DH is 72. But..... we've been married going on 20 years. Our bad timing is having this disease come about when our last two kids were still in middle and high school. DH's diagnosis came 3 years ago, November 1st. But the onset was becoming evident a couple years before that.
    • CommentAuthorJan K
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I'm 58 now, 52 when DH was diagnosed. But going by the phrase "You're only as old as you feel", then some days those numbers would be a little higher!
    • CommentAuthorKitty
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I'm 58. I've decided I'll be 58 next year too.
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    In 2003 I was 73 when DH died. I took care of him for 10 yrs, first took him to doc in 1993, but knew 'something' was wrong long before that. OK, Marsh, want to arm-wrestle for the oldest title? Oh, let's just call it a draw, at this point what does it matter?
    • CommentAuthorSunshyne
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    Gosh, a bunch of us are 58 ... me, too. Husband 77.

    Marsh, if you don't want the honor of being the oldest, do what bluedaze is doing. Veeeeery sneaky.
    • CommentAuthordking*
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I am 60, but some days I'm just turning 21 in the RVN
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      CommentAuthorpamsc*
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I'm 53, my husband is 63 and diagnosed last spring with Lewy Body Dementia. I go to a local Alzheimer's association support group but it seems like everyone is retired or caring for a parent.
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    Kitty-don't make trouble for me. I was 60 when Bill started showing severe symptoms. I'm 70 now and plan to stay there.
    • CommentAuthorKadee*
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    Statistics: Ages of caregivers as of 10/18/08

    40 - 1
    50 - 11
    60 - 6
    70 - 8
    80 - 0
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    Well, I was 49 when husband was diagnosed and I took care of him for eleven years until he died in March.....I am now 61.....
    • CommentAuthorbriegull*
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I'm 73 (I can't believe that! It was only yesterday that I was thinking I was 70 when I was only 69!)
    • CommentAuthorAdmin
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I'm 60, hubby will be 66 in a couple of months. We've known there was a problem since 2003, and there were subtle signs for a couple of years before that.

    I've only been 60 for a few months, so it's kind of weird for me to look at that number and associate it with myself. I still think I'm 49.

    joang
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    I have trouble with 70 also. It just doesn't seem possible I am 70 with 71 looming this winter. I have noticed the 70 more than the other milestones. I
    feel like I should still be 69. A friend says just wait until you are 80. At this rate I just hope I make it.
    • CommentAuthorehamilton*
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I am 60. What is there about a zero on the end of an age. Sixty sounds so much older than 59.
    • CommentAuthorFLgirl*
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I am 55...husband is 64.
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    46 until Dec 1.
    • CommentAuthorDianeT*
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I'm 52
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    Geez.....are they getting younger or maybe its me getting older.
    • CommentAuthorcarosi*
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    Trying again. I'm 60, and hubby is 66 tomorrow.
    • CommentAuthorJane L.
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    Jane L.

    68, hb 71 married 47 yrs
    • CommentAuthorFayeBay*
    • CommentTimeOct 18th 2008
     
    I am 59 and DH is 68
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    I just turned 51; DH is 52. At diagnosis I was 49, he was 50, but he showing signs at 48.
    • CommentAuthornanapapa
    • CommentTimeOct 19th 2008
     
    I just turned 61 on Friday my husband is 64 H's had AD for at least 8years dx 5 years ago.
    • CommentAuthorDee
    • CommentTimeOct 19th 2008
     
    I am 71. How did this happen?
    • CommentAuthorJudy
    • CommentTimeOct 19th 2008
     
    I'm 66 for a few more days. Guess this all started when I was 59? yikes..oh well .
    • CommentAuthorKadee*
    • CommentTimeOct 19th 2008 edited
     
    Statistics: Ages of caregivers as of 10/19/08

    40 - 2
    50 -18
    60 - 14
    70 - 10
    80 - 0
    • CommentAuthordivvi*
    • CommentTimeOct 19th 2008
     
    57yr and DH is 74yr...where did time go???????????? divvi
    make that 16 in the 50's please!
    • CommentAuthorSunshyne
    • CommentTimeOct 19th 2008
     
    OK, now I know we have a newbie even younger than the 40's ... yep, Karie is 35.
    • CommentAuthorbriegull*
    • CommentTimeOct 19th 2008
     
    .. and what's weird is that, even though our views have changed about any number of things, we're still our same old selves, after all these years. If you go back and read an old journal, or letters, it's still YOU in there. How disconcerting it must be for those with AZ NOT to be able to recognize themselves.