My m-i-l had dementia as well and while she did not reach that stage at the time she passed, which is almost a year ago, we could see it coming.
It’s brutal watching someone deteriorate that way.
With all due respect and compassion to those who have to endure that, I have been praying that God would spare me that end, that He’d take me quickly some other way.
Don’t take any of it personally. She doesn’t know what she is doing and in her more lucid moments, hates what is happening to her, too.
Take the good moments as they come and rejoice in those and take the rest as it comes and know that you are NOT alone in this kind of situation.
God bless you.
Thank you. Even knowing that others have been in my shoes before me helps. Right now, it is my burden to bear. There are times she realizes that something is wrong with her brain, but she can’t sort it out. It does make her sad and somewhat depressed, other times she’s agitated. I am trying to take it day by day.
+1