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[quote=Anonymous]I have found my people and relate to almost everything here. The good news OP is she/he is going to a nursing home. I know you said meds aren't helping yet, but at least at a nursing home you can work with them on meds and dose and they can MAKE SURE meds are taken.

Forget the horror stories about over-medicating. These places will work with reasonable families. Make sure you are reasonable and think about the emotional (and sometimes physical) safety of those who have to interact with the elder. Sadly some abusive elderly need to be heavily medicated to be safe to be around. They are not going to do that right away with your input. It's a gradual process, but yes, sometimes it must go there. Crazy, mean abusive dementia runs on one side of my family and most of them were that way before dementia. but not so extreme. The only way my grandma could be a decent human was if she was heavily medicated to the point of being a tad stones. Is that ethical? Resounding yes. It protected those around her (she became physical) and she could receive proper care because people were no longer afraid of her.[/quote]

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