Acronyms A Living Language

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A L = Assisted Living (also A L Facility)

A D = Alzheimer's Disease or Dementia (also A L Z or A Z)

A P O E = Apolipoprotein E, the gene shown to be a risk factor for AD

B P = Blood Pressure

B T W = By The Way

C D = Caregiver's Dementia

C G = Care Giver

C N A = Certified Nurses Aid

D H = Dear Heart

E R = Emergency Room

F D A = Food & Drug Administration

F L D = Frontal Lobe Dementia

G P = General Practitioner

_ I L = In-Law, as in SIL / BIL / FIL / MIL etc.
            which is Sister / Brother / Father / Mother-In-Law etc.

I M H O = In My Humble Opinion

L B D = Lewy Body Disease

L O = Loved One (also A D L O)

L O L = Laugh Out Loud

L P N = Licensed Practical Nurse

L T C = Long Term Care

M D = Medical Doctor

M I D = Multi-Infarct Dementia

M M S E = Mini-Mental State Exam

M R I = Magnetic Resonance Imaging

N H = Nursing Home

O T = Off Topic

P C P = Primary Care Provider

P D = Parkinson's Disease or, more rarely, Pick's Disease

P I A or P I T A = Pain In The <ahem> Arrears 

P O A = Power Of Attorney
              (also Extended POA and Durable or General Durable POA)

R N = Registered Nurse

R O F L = Roll On Floor Laughing
                  (often seen with M A O which is My <ahem> Arrears Off

S O = Significant Other

T I A = Transient Ischaemic Attack

U T I = Urinary Tract Infection

V B G = Very Big Grin