Do any of you have an acronym list. My wife and I are new here and would like to brought up to speed in order to appreciate other posts.
Also, thanks to you all for your thoughts and ideas from my wife's eairlier post on my dad wanting to go home. Thanks again, Steve

Hey-
Here's a few
LO loved one
DH/DW- dear husband/wife
MIL/FIL mother in law/father in law
alz alzheimers
GLO greetings to loved ones

Come on everyone, help me out here!
Sandy O.

Posted February 25, 2007 09:36 PM
We have been having a lot of people asking what different terms and acronyms mean. I started a list and thought everyone could add to it.

Some handy acronyms & terminology for the Alzheimer's Forum
DH = Dear Husband, Damn Husband, OK Darling Husband
DW= Dear Wife, Darling Wife
DS= Dear/Darling Son
DD= Dear/Darling Daughter
MIL= Mother In Law
FIL= Father In Law
BIL= Brother In Law
SIL= Sister IN Law
BF= Boy Friend
GF= Girl Friend
SO= Significant Other
OH= Other Half
SIB's= Brothers & Sisters
LO= Loved One
AD & ALZ= Alzheimer's Disease
UTI= Urinary Tract Infection
POA= Power of Attorney (can be medical or financial)
DPOA= Durable Power of Attorney (can be medical or financial) Durable refers to duration of when it is in effect.
****Often on this board we will refer to the POA as the person that is named on a Power of Attorney for financial matters and DPOA to be the person named as the medical Power of Attorney**** The Powers of Attorney are all different depending on the state. Everyone should contact an Elder Law Attorney in their state for correct terminology and guidance********
HIPAA Law= Health Insurance Provider Accountability Act ***This is the laws regarding release of medical information by health care providers. It ties in with the Medical Power of Attorney on releasing and discussing the health care of our LO's.
PCP= Primary Care Physician
ALF= Assisted Living Facility
SNF= Skilled Nursing Facility/Nursing Home
ER= Emergency Room
APS= Adult Protective Services
DNR= Do Not Resuscitate
LOL=Laugh Out Loud
PITA= Pain in the behind
ttt=To The Top***This is a way to move a post back to the top of the list so it can be seen.

Vicki B, C.G.

Steve--Found an old thread called... Some helpful Acronyms & Terminology and brought it to the top. Hope that it helps.

Hey,
I know a great attorney in Solvang who did my parents Living wills, Trust, all the POA's, everything. He really helped my Mom feel comfortable when they were setting this all up. I am still working as my fathers POA for medical and financial. He has AD and lives in an Alz. Care Facility. And I was my Mom's POA for the same, and now that she's deceased I'm her Trustee. The attorneys work has really saved my butt and enabled me to handle everything on both parents behalf.

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for newbies

Here is a web site:

http://www.netlingo.com/

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As a published author, I am amazed that our beautiful English language is reduced to (what we used to call) shorthand.

Who needs to spell these days? And, the internet has murdered the "comma."

Does anyone really not have the time to type--mother or dad? ;-(

Crawling away to study my acronym list...

NH...Nursing Home
ALF...Assisted Livimg Facility
LOL...laughing out loud
Peace,
Glad you found us.
Dani

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Can the moderator make this a sticky post at the top of the forum?