dmccarty
Super Star Member
Yep. We watched a neighbor take care of his wife that had dementia. The strain on him was awful and I could see him wasting away from the mental and physical effort. Thankfully, she eventually died and he was able to enjoy a few years during which time he remarried but then he had complications from surgery, and was bedridden. His second wife had cared for a bedridden husband for years before he died. Then she married our neighbor and in a few years she was taking care of her new husband. But at least he was mentally sound which makes the burden easier to handle.
A long time friend, spent decades taking care of her mother who had dementia. Eventually, the mother died, but then her father got dementia, and she spent more decades taking care of him. She has spent a good part of her adult life caring for parents with dementia and the burden on her has been tremendous to say the least. The only saving grace was that money was not an issue.
Later,
Dan
