Caring for a Spouse
Caring for a Spouse : Advice, tips and support for family caregivers who are providing long term care for a spouse. Connect with, share, and learn from the tips and strategies of other experienced family caregivers who are coping with caring for an ill or elderly spouse.
Spouse Articles
My Wife’s Alzheimer's Transformed Our 40-Year Marriage
When my wife was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, we thought our life, as we knew it, was over. But we've encountered some unexpected blessings along the way.
4 CommentsCaregiving's Toll on Marriage: A Personal Story
Taking care of a husband with cancer while raising three kids younger than ten was a future I never expected when we first said "I do."
6 Comments4 Steps for Successful Long-Term Care Planning With a Spouse
As a couple, facing the financial and emotional requirements of long-term care is a challenge. Here are the four steps to successful long-term care planning with a spouse.
1 CommentSpousal Impoverishment: Medicaid Spend-Down Rules for Married Couples
Medicaid spend-down rules for married couples are different, depending on where each spouse lives. When one still lives at home, known as the “community spouse,” they can often keep more assets and income to avoid what is called spousal impoverishment.
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Spouse Questions
My husband has cognitive decline. He blames me. What can I do to help he understand that I didn’t cause his condition?
27 AnswersGrandma1954 Answered 1 hour agoHow do I spot mild dementia? What are typical symptoms?
5 AnswersJoAnn29 Answered 1 hour agoWhen do I tell my husband, who has Alzheimer's, that I am moving him to LTC facility?
16 AnswersKNance72 Answered 3 hours agoMy husband with dementia loses things constantly and thinks someone is stealing from him.
3 AnswersMG8522 Answered Feb 18, 2025
Spouse Discussions
How do I get him to go to memory care, if he keeps fighting me?
9 Commentsmommabeans Commented Jan 1, 2025I have been a caregiver to my wife for 5 years full time, she is a love, many medical issues.
12 CommentsAnxietynacy Commented Dec 25, 2024Waiting on an answer to where do I go if husband is asked to leave memory care?
4 Commentsmommabeans Commented Dec 2, 2024I am married to an alcoholic for 57 years and it is getting worse. Want to get out of abusive relationship but do not know how. I am 76 yrs.old.
5 CommentsScampie1 Commented Nov 4, 2024
Spouse Related Topics
- Alzheimer's & Dementia
- Dementia Behaviors
- Cognitive Decline
- Memory Loss
- Violent Behavior
- Cancer
- Signs of Dementia
- Early Onset Alzheimer's
- Mild Dementia
- Sundowner's Syndrome
- Lewy Body Dementia
- Adult Day Care
- Dementia Wandering
- Moderate Dementia
- Severe Dementia
- Home Modification
- Aging in Place
- Area Agency on Aging
- Chemotherapy
- Prostate Cancer