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Hi @robertwills, I think it's wise to take a break, maybe for a week or two, so the pattern of the angry repetitive behavior will be broken and may be replaced with something else.
A counselor from the Alzheimer's Association told me that emotional memory lasts a long time because the feeling stays with the person. Maybe the person you're walking had a dream or hallucination that associated you with something unpleasant. A break will do you both good. I hope it works, and if it doesn't, you gave it a try. If that's the case, maybe you can find a way to be helpful to the person in a way that does not require your physical presence.

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Very good! That's what I did and voila! Well, there was no anger towards me but after about a half an hour they told I should be "getting home now". So there's still something there. I am wondering, maybe I shouldn't, that they really feel, and always felt, something about me that they didn't like and it's only coming out now that they don't have a filter? That's so hard for me to say because it was always a loving relationship. This whole situation is overwhelming.