Welcome to Carers Connect, you can make your first post here and also find useful resources. It would really help if you could introduce yourself and say a little about your caring role
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Hi, I’ve just found this site. I’m 73 and my wife of 53 years has Alzheimer’s Disease. At the moment her condition isn’t too advanced but I can see her drifting away more and more, and having watched my mother succumb to Dementia and turn into someone I didn’t know, I realise that the end is inevitable.
We’ve always done everything together and she’s been my best friend since we met, but she’s less willing to do the things that we’ve always enjoyed. I’ve experienced all the emotions - disbelief, anger, frustration, guilt, self-pity, sadness and depression, and I don’t know how I’m going to cope as things progress. Most of my friends have passed away now and although we have kids and grandkids, they all have their own lives and problems and I don’t feel able to expect them to fully understand.
I realise that my problems pale into insignificance compared to the issues that some of the people on her have, but finding this forum has made me realise that I’m not alone in trying to deal with the lonliness and heartache, and somehow that helps.
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