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[quote=Anonymous]My father has had significant symptoms of frontotemporal dementia for the past four+ years. He also has alcohol related dementia and significant memory challenges like names and dates. He recently forgot how he is related to a close family member and became agitated when we pointed out who this person is in response.

My mother is caring for him at home alone but I cannot assist safely. He becomes violent when provoked near me, and arbitrarily, unpredictable things provoke him. He often forgets my age and thinks I am still a minor (I’m in my 40s).

My mother won’t go anywhere without him and gets confused herself in conversations but it seems like her confusion is more related to how she exhausts herself accommodating him and not so much from organic reasons. She has done so much as altered the shoes she wears and what she eats to mollify his moods.

I am their only child and they have no other family nearby.

Is there nothing I can do to help? My mother often accuses me of abandoning her but I can’t put myself or my family at risk so I stay away.[/quote]

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