Hello.  My Mom was diagnosed with seere dementia a year ago.  I live in
another state, but my brother has lived on their place since 1996 just
before my Dad passed away.  

I kept getting calls from adult prtective services, people concerned
about Mom were calling them.  My brother couldn't seem to face the fact
that our Mom is declining very quickly.  She should have been placed in
a home some time ago, but he had such negative, old fashioned ideas
about nursing home facilities, he wouldn't even talk about it.

I told him it was going to get worse, as it is he has had no life at all
for 2 or 3 years.
We finally went and checked out an assisted living facility.  He
realized how much these places have changed, but he still moved too
slowly.

This week he came home from work to fix her supper, and she was in her
chair, he called her to eat, she stood up but couldn't walk.  At first
they thought she'd had a stroke, but after lots of tests, found nothing
physically wrong.  I think she forgot how to walk.  She was dismissed
from the hospital to a nursing home, which I think is the best thing
that could have happened.  At least I'll know she's eating right,
getting bathed, and isn't alone all the time.

I was over there while she was in the hospital, but had to get back home
to work.  I'm anxious to see how she does, I really expect her to
improve.

I apologise for the long letter.

Dee