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".
This definitely applies to you and your spouse - there are 4 sections for EOAD (early onset AD- now called YOUNG onset)members - two of which focus on the young teens whose parents have EOAD 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.
Welcome Joan G - the second! Sorry you have to be here but from your post under another thread I see you have found a lot of help and comfort from our site.
I am new here since October and have only in the last month started to post. The posters here are wonderful. I didn't see your post from another thread, but hope you stay. Being here has helped.
hey joan4368 welcome! you can spend days reading thru active or older posts that contain alot of helpful info. some just post to vent whats on their mind and blow off steam:) others post and ask/answer questions from others and some dont post at all but enjoy reading. hope you join in any of the topics. we all have this common denominator and its struggling thru caring for a spouse with dementia. everyone here is at odds in the stages of where we find ourselves. some just starting out which we fondly refer to newbies, some older veterans some mid stream:) divvi