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no_hypocrisy

(49,194 posts)
5. I understand too well.
Wed Aug 14, 2024, 05:33 AM
Aug 2024

My father had undiagnosed dementia.

He'd get phone calls from solicitors and thought they knew him b/c they called him by his first name and sounded so friendly. I nearly hit the roof when he gave out his Social Security number. Or drove alone from NYC to NJ after cataract surgery with one eye bandaged and the other with another cataract.

Take care of yourself or you'll get caregivers' burnout.



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