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Hi Betsie.
I hope the following is of help to you. The situation you describe appears to be fairly complex and covers a number of issues from cost of respite care to the issue of deprivation of...

Hi Rebecca. There was a thread started some time ago entitled "is their anybody on here who is around 20?" The girl who started it was 18 at the time and her mum was 49. There are a significant...

Hi, my wife was diagnosed feb 2011 at RVI aged 49. Welcome.

Jo

Your Mam has found peace and rest at last, we all hope and pray you and your family will soon find the same tranquility.

Keep in touch, love from us all. Allan xx

Hi Malc, just picked up on your thread, i'am 52 and my wife is 51, she was diagnosed with AD at the age of 50 but had suffered the symptoms for several years before diagnosis. I'am afraid i have no...

Hi, from what you have written it is not necessarily a foregone conclusion that bankruptcy is inevitable. It will very much depend on the nature of the debt and to who the money is owed. There are...

Don't know anything about a book written on the subject, but certainly share the emotion and the feeling with you mate.

Hi i wonder if this helps you, our family solicitor, who has known my wife for nearly 10 years and is very sympathetic towards the problem would not progress an application for POA on the grounds of...

My initial comment was to make clear how horrific the circumstances of this incident appear. As written we know(knew) little of what actually happened, the circumstances leading up to it, the...

Whilst i'am truly horrified by what has happened in this case and also by the case of the individual who was tasered in Lincolnshire, i must say i'am appalled by some of the comments made by...

Hi Vinnie, i think the condition is "dysphasia", i was sort of half right! I knew asia was mentioned in it somewhere lol!!!! Big Geordie

Hi Vinni, my wife and your mother have what appear to be very similar case histories. My wife struggled with her memory for several years and the GP's had this down to, stress, depression, drink,...

Hi RubberDuckLover, cracking name!!!!!!! Just a suggestion but go into the section about younger dementia sufferers and their carers, and look down, currently page 1 for a thread entitled "Is there...

Hi mate, don't know if this helps you; my GP sent me to the local Carers Association who in turn gave me details and an application form for the Local Authority Emergency Care service (or something...

Dear Worried Son, followed this thread with a degree of interest. I drink heavily, bitter, pear cider, vodka and coke, red wine, Archers and lemonade, whisky. In fact i drink what i want, when i...

Hi Linda, i'am back on this planet now!!! Good luck for tomoz etc etc, but what the heck is a "weegie"? Is it the scottish version of veggie? Have you been drinking and lost your ability to spell?...

Hi College Girl, SS in our area moved very quickly once involved, less than two weeks from initial contact to developing care plan. Not at all convinced that antagonising local authority employees...

Tell Margaret you agree totally with her, her points are valid and you're arranging for your mam to come and stay with her. What time will she be available to meet the authorities to finalise...

Hi Linda, any chance of the recipe? sick of chips!!!! Have you had any news? or have i missed it all? Big G and horde.

Hi, i've recently taken my 77 year old mother to the doctor because i thought she was suffering from some form of dementia, i made this judgement based on my 50yr old wife who was diagnosed EOD feb...

Linda, our very best wishes to you and our hopes that you get a diagnosis tommorrow. Don't really know what else to say other than knowing whats happening, even if its bad ultimately is better and...

Hi Chris, i know the problems of GP's and their opinions of women in theirlate 40's early 50's, it must be hormonal or "the change" many just do not seem to accept it is possible that a woman of that...

Hi all, re DLA, i found the process to be relatively straight forward and the staff very helpful when i rang them. We were advised of the outcome of our application a week earlier than predicted. In...

Hi everyemotion, don't worry where you posted it, best laugh i've had all day!, no disrespect to you or your mam intended. All the best, let us all know where you go next please. Big Geordie

Hi College Girl. Why do we meet hurdles that have been put in our way all of the time? I think simply because a small group of people were put on this planet who actually enjoy making life hard for...