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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They don’t develop it after the spouse dies, it was already there when the spouse was alive and they could help them compensate. The stress of losing their spouse can certainly worsen it.[/quote] This. I noticed a decline in my mother during dad's last few years and everyone said it was just the stress and she would be fine once he passed. She was NOT fine. I think the stress makes the decline more rapid and the rigidity from dementia made it so everything I pushed for-adult day care, caregivers for hire and eventually memory care were met with massive resistance, but once accepted and she got some relief, the decline slowed until the next ordeal.[/quote]
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