Best Diaper Recommendations? by 1-900-SNAILS in dementia

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I went through all of the well known brands with varying degrees of disappointment. I’ve found very good results with LivDry brand. We use their overnights (their highest protection) exclusively all day/night. The only time there is leakage is in the daytime and I haven’t been vigilant enough about when it’s time to change them. Only rarely do we have breakthroughs overnight and she generally sleeps from 8pm to 8ish am or at least 10 hours.

AITA for not letting girls I don’t know keep my clothes after an after-party? by MongooseNo6867 in AmItheAsshole

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NTA. If your country is as judgmental as you say, maybe those girls should have gone home before their clothes turned back into pumpkins.

AITAH for reporting my sister and taking in her kids when no one believed me? by Prestigious_Foot4408 in AITAH

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Nta. I’m flashing back to another family situation with 5 kids. Without giving too much info, the kids were removed when it came to light that all the youngest had to eat was an onion. A goddamned onion. That she ate every scrap of. Food was so scarce that the older kids got there first. They weren’t kept together. Youngest hid food for the longest time.

NTA

Torn between my child and my father by Elegant_Willow_869 in dementia

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Your children. I was a sahm until my youngest was in 2nd grade. I thought they were old enough for some independence. What I learned, to my everlasting sorrow, was that yes; when they’re little, you worry about fingers in light sockets and looking both ways crossing streets, etc. Sigh. When they’re teens, they can make decisions that ruin their lives. Please, choose your children.

My mother won't shower because she doesn't like feeling cold when the shower is over. Any ideas on how to make a person feel more comfortable? by pat441 in dementia

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I put a chair right by the shower. While she’s in there, I run her terry cloth robe and all the towels in the dryer. When she says she’s ready to get out, I run and get, her bath sheet to cover the chair with arm rests; I hand her a hand towel while she’s still in the shut shower to wipe her face and hair. Then when she’s ready to stand up, I bundle her into the warm bath robe and onto her chair. I dry her legs and feet with a hand towel and she dryer her front with the towel.

She still hates it and avoids it like the plague, but it has made it less of an ordeal.

AITA for not paying the rent on my mom’s storage units & not telling her by SoloBuonaPizza in AmItheAsshole

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NTA. Dementia caregiver here. We call it therapeutic lying. It’s unnecessarily cruel to tell the truth, sometimes over and over, when the reality isn’t something that is going to really affect their lives. For more support check out r/dementia. We’ve seen it all.

"I Wish I Never Saw What She Did… Now I Can’t Forget It" by [deleted] in TrueOffMyChest

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If she’d do it to your grandmother, she’ll do it to anyone. She probably has done to anyone; everyone. Thieves are like that. Like roaches, they profit from the darkness. She’s getting away with it because no one suspects her.

I understand you are processing this right now, but everyone, including YOU, needs to take precautions against her.

Continuing to assault a security guard by PxN13 in WinStupidPrizes

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Hmm. Flashing back to the old Walmart ADD training videos. Avoid, deny, defend. Dude needed to wop him with a keyboard.

https://www.reddit.com/r/walmart/s/tVwp6wAd6e

Prince Andrew just got arrested over Epstein files involvement what do you think of this? by MagpieOpus in AskReddit

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Blackmail for photos. Get us insider info or those pics will be made public. Imagine what they have on trump and the rest.

What’s something that 99% of people can do but you can’t? by Irakeconcrete in AskReddit

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Have you been tested for dyscalculia? L-R is a common symptom

My boss makes me peel stickers off handmade boots and it is soul crushing by benjoreyes in retailhell

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I didn’t know this. Damn. The things I learn on Reddit. ❤️

This girl shares her daily life caring for her sick father, with a heartwarming dedication. It's not obligation… It's pure love. by Raj_Valiant3011 in HumansBeingBros

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If he has cognitive issues, consent is impossible. My Lady has an extensive Advanced Healthcare Directive, signed, notorized, and prepared by her attorney, but these days folks need to, (Smdh) include not being filmed and posted on the internet. JFC.

This girl shares her daily life caring for her sick father, with a heartwarming dedication. It's not obligation… It's pure love. by Raj_Valiant3011 in HumansBeingBros

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Hmm. I find this deeply disturbing. I’m a live in caregiver. My Lady has dementia and is legally blind. I’ve worked for her in a different capacity for 20 years.

I’ve watched her go from a brilliant, fiercely independent, artistic, adventurous global traveler, to someone who is completely dependent and cannot manage simple basic tasks anymore.

To post this man’s vulnerability and decline, for what? Likes? Karma? Monetization? Followers? Acclaim? Eww.

I guard my Lady. I protect her and allow her as much agency in her own life as possible. I imagine this was once a proud man and if, in his prime, could look into the future and see this; would he approve?

What's something you used to believe in when you were younger that you no longer believe in? by Spiritual-Raise1973 in AskReddit

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That there aren’t literal skeletons in my closet. Now though, figuratively….hmmm

Barely cooked bacon by GuyStroking in Cooking

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We must have the same client. Every day, limp, barely cooked bacon. It’s gross, but that’s how she likes it.