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My mother is suffering from dementia right now and my family is trying to deal with it. One of my closest friends is also dealing with this with his mother, wh
by pfarnsworth 10y ago
My mother is suffering from dementia right now and my family is trying to deal with it. One of my closest friends is also dealing with this with his mother, who was just put into an institution where she can't leave the floor because she wanders. It's the cruelest disease, cancer is more merciful at this age.
- anigbrowl 10y agoI could not agree more. Not only is dementia horribly corrosive for the family, it's frightening and confusing for the patient in most circumstances. By far the most depressing cases I dealt with as a nurse's aide were those patients who were still physically healthy and strong but suffering from dementia, because they were the most likely to need to be manhandled if they wandered away or got into an altercation with the nurses. I still remember the fear and confusion in some patients' eyes 30 years later and have no desire to experience that.