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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I am so sorry. My FIL recently passed demenand had dementia and a whole host of other things, and he was 62. He was often violent, rude, mean, and threatening. He wasn't this way to his children or grandchildren, but he 100% could have been, had we been around him all the time and been asked to care for him. You are right to protect yourself, and I would be angry, too, at my mother for hiding the gravity of the situation from me. My mother in law could not see or accept my FIL's immense needs until the very end, and it made the situations so much harder than it needed to be. [/quote]

Wow. So young for a dementia diagnosis let alone death. What kind did he have?[/quote]

DP here. Early onset. The only person I know with early onset was diagnosed in her 50s and passed away in her 60s. She was in a home - it was impossible to care for her at home.
OP's father probably has early onset has well, and his wife is stupidly trying to hide it instead of getting help.

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OP’s mom is probably scared to death of him (or what’s become of him). [/quote]

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