Deb V
Member since August 21, 2009I am a divorced woman in my mid-fifties caring for my two elderly parents. One is diagnosed with dementia, COPD, and is increasingly frail. Fortunately he knows us and is sweet and loving, although increasingly less inclined to limit public behavior to that which is "appropriate". His sense of humor and tendancy to play with words remains sharp, as is his long-term memory. Mom has survived two strokes and three rounds of breast cancer and is beginning to show signs of dementia, although she vehemently denies it. She is given to manipulative behavior and is highly critical of others.