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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In terms of the nasty behavior, my mother was an angel throughout her entire life, and sweet in her dementia- until they ran out of the fav fresh cookies at bakery and she started throwing large loaves at everyone in sight. 
A caring stranger held my hand while I paid for all the damage, and I didn’t feel so alone. 
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I’m sorry but I had to laugh at this.  Always a risk taking a dementia patient out into the community.  Definitely need to time it right but there are just no guarantees of how normal things will affect their behavior.  Definitely have to find the humor if you can.

I was so distressed and mortified for several years, it took a lot for me to recognize this isn’t my mom, it’s a disease, she would be mortified at her behavior and she just can’t control herself.

She tries to show me her chest about once a week, has shown me her pubes several times out of confusion as to what they are, where they came from, why they’re there and what she can do about them.  Sorry, not teaching my mom how to use a razor or taking her for a Brazilian.  She’s just going to have to learn to live with the hair she’s had since puberty.

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