Welcome to your new home. I am very sorry about what happened on the AA Forum. I think it was a matter of people over reacting an feelings being hurt. I participate in three forums and in no way feel disloyal to any of them. When you are hurting you seek relief where ever you can.
Welcome, We are glad you are here. I also am a member of both forums. I have received good advise from both. It's always upsetting when feeling are hurt and I hope things get back to normal soon. We all need all the help we can get. I do believe you will like us here.
Welcome to your new home, that is what you well find that it is. Well said! bluedaze, this is where you can share and ask anything that you need to at any time. The people here are family that will understand what you are going through because they have or will be going through the same thing. Feel free here to share and get help.
Welcome to my website, which I started in 2007, because I needed a place that dealt with my unique issues as a spouse of an Alzheimer patient. It is now a place of comfort for spouses/partners who are trying to cope with the Alzheimer's/dementia of their husband/wife/partner. The issues we face in dealing with a spouse/partner with this disease are so different from the issues faced by children and grandchildren caregivers. We discuss all of those issues here - loss of intimacy; social contact; conversation; anger; resentment; stress; and pain of living with the stranger that Alzheimer's Disease has put in place of our beloved spouse/partner.
The message boards are only part of this website. Please be sure to log onto the home page - www.thealzheimerspouse.com - and read all of the resources on the left side. I recommend starting with "Newly Diagnosed/New Member" and "Understanding the Dementia Experience". If it applies to you and your spouse, there are 4 sections for EOAD members - two of which focus on the young teens whose parents have EOAD (early onset AD). There is a great section on informative videos, and another excellent resource - Early Onset Dementia - A Practical Guide. You can go to the top of this page, click on "search", and type in EOAD, making sure the "topic" circle is filled in. All of the EOAD discussions will come up - there are about a dozen of them.
Do not miss the "previous blog" section. It is there you will find a huge array of topics with which you can relate. There is a "search" feature on the home page that allows you to look up different topics that may have been explored in a previous blog. Log onto the home page daily for new blogs; news updates; important information.
When you feel comfortable, please tell us about you and your spouse.