Heres my story : my mother died at the age of 70 to Alzheimer's in 2008 my dad and my 4 sisters helped him for 10 yrs. of her being home I commend my father for all the work he did to keep her home we were there but we did the easy part by keeping her company and feeding her . my dad past away 2 years after her in 2010.it was an unexpected death. my husband lost his job in 2011 and he wanted to move to a state he lived in in the 70s so thinking we have to start over we will go somewhere we want to retire in . we sold everything. we moved 1300 miles away from family In Dec 2013 he was diagnosed with mild to moderate Alzheimer's. I am now in a state that I am not familiar with laws or city been here 1 year still learning area and he can no longer work. I knew something was not right but wrote it off as stress from losing his job of 29 yrs due to plant closing then moving . but words started not coming to him and he didn't want to leave my site in fear of forgetting his words he is 56 years old .I have no support here for all my family is in a different state we call always but not the same.it is a very hard disease to understand . there's times I think its the old husband for in 2 min the whole attitude changes and he is lost for words or people faces he is nice to strangers but can be very mean to me I don't get that part I need a support group for me and him he needs friends I need a break

Anonymous
gulfport, MS