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someguyfromcanada · 3309 days ago · link · · parent · post: Costs for Dementia Care Far Exceeding Other Diseases, Study Finds
I once heard a doctor give a great explanation of the difference between getting old and having dementia: Getting old is forgetting where your keys are. Dementia is forgetting what your keys do. My mother is 79 btw so hopefully you have a decade or 2 to go. And Power of Attorney. Oh my gosh. Yes when she fell down the stairs and was in the hospital for a broken arm she agreed to that. But as soon as she got out there was no way as as I/we were trying to "control" her and so things are looking pretty shitty and complicated.