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[quote=Anonymous]I've gotten great advice from DCUM in the past and am hoping someone can help with this situation. So, I am the only child of a widowed 88 yr old parent and think I may be seeing warning signs of dementia and I'm not sure what to do about it. My dad lives alone but is set to move into an independent living/assisted living place in a few months. He is quite sharp mentally when it comes to taking care of his finances, managing his personal affairs, taking his medicine, self-care, etc.  The only troubling behavior I have seen so far is his tendency to fall for direct mail and phone scams (e.g., you've won $1 mill. from Publishers Clearing House--just send $5000 dollars to pay for the taxes due on the prize... and various variations of this story line). Luckily he has checked with me before sending out any money in each case but I'm still troubled that he doesn't "get" that it's a scam and that I have to keep explaining [i]why[/i] it is a scam. I see him or talk to him every day, am on his back accounts, take him to all his medical appointments, etc. but I can't control what he gets in the mail or the phone calls that he gets at home. Has anyone had direct experience with this sort of behavior? What did you do? I'm not sure if I need to talk to a lawyer, a doctor, or a psychiatrist. TIA[/quote]

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