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SHE HAS MEMORY LOSS. You never remind someone with dementia/memory loss about the things they forgot, otherwise they cope by getting angry. This is dementia 101, OP.

1. Read up on how to manage someone with dementia.

2. Get your mother some expert medical care. There are medications nowadays to slow the progression of disease, and some are specific for Alzheimer's patients. [/quote]

Is there an "inception" way to get someone to recognize and accept their own memory loss? Disability is difficult, but denying a disability creates more unnecessary suffering.[/quote]

Not for Alzheimer's and most forms of dementia. The initial period when they are cognizant of their memory loss is the period when it's usually invisible to others - patients hide it. It's when the loss breaks through all their coping mechanisms that people notice, but by that time, a lot are too far gone to talk rationally about it, especially if people around them seek to trigger shame and guilt, when it's something entirely out of their control, and in moments of clarity, something they can still grieve over.

It is pretty obvious that this is a big part of why your father is divorcing your mother, OP.

You have a big problem on your hands, in terms of how to seek care for your mother - soon she won't be able to live by herself, and certainly not with her relatives unless you want to make this hellish for everyone.
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This is the lamest post I’ve read in a while. Did you lose your license doc?  [/quote]

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