[Obadiah]

This is a hard thing to deal with. At some point you may have to consider additional help or care beyond what you can provide. Once one has dementia it's a slow slide downward with no turning back.

My father-in-law suffered from this and succumbed to it after a little over 5 years. I have seen the progression. You need to start planning. Medicine for this is primarily experimental or of unknown assistance. Even still, medication at this point only promises to slow down the progression, but even that is open to debate.

Best to you. It is difficult, but it is a blessing that you are there to care, or direct the care, of your parents.

[cherry]

I'll add that many areas have adult day care...where you can drop off your loved one and there are people there to talk with, activities, meals together in a group setting....but most important, it gives you a respite from the hard work of constant monitoring...

take care of yourself iows...