So, so true about not getting caught up in the guilt trip.
I wish I would have found the support group earlier...I now know that Mom was starting down the Alzheimer’s Dementia road several years ago and I wouldn’t have taken a few things so personal at times.
It was actually my m-i-0l’s caregiver, a close family friend to boot, who went to the support group and shared whatw she learned.
It was a TREMENDOUS help.
We were looking into one here at the time she passed.
We were at the point of considering assisted living, which she would have fought tooth and nail, but she as not safe to leave alone anymore, in large part cause she was a heavy chain smoker.