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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dad completely lost his filter, among other signs of dementia.  Turns out he had frontotemporal dementia.  No amount of correction or boundaries was going to undo that.  He had a geriatric psychiatrist who was really helpful in getting him medicated enough to be a reasonably pleasant person (mostly) without the enraged outbursts.  [b]So consider that this may be a disease and not just the person trying to torture you. 
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontotemporal_dementia
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Well said.  A few of the posts show that th[b]e posters don't really have a good understanding of dementia and that they should be more compassionate and understanding with their loved one.[/quote]
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You should be ashamed of yourself for criticizing people who actually do the work with their parents. Venting is healthy. I have news for you, if we weren't compassionate we wouldn't be doing all this often with downright verbal abuse in return. I have dealt with parents and grandparents with and without dementia who became incredibly difficult and self-centered and quite cruel to the caregiver.[/quote]

I am not ashamed at all of me.  I am GREATLY ashamed of most of the posters here.  You all sound like a bunch of immature loud-mouthed brats whining because mommy won't kiss your boo-boo and wants you to stop complaining about yourselves all the time.  FWIW I do walk what I talk and we are caregivers to elderly family members with dementia and a whole host of other ailments.  [/quote]

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