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Husband with dementia in denial

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@katiemg32080, welcome. Are you also caring for someone living with dementia? I look forward to learning more about you.

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@colleenyoung I care for my wife with Frontemporal Demicia. She was diagonsed abiut 4 1/2 years ago. It has progressed very quickly. She is to the point where she does not comprehend anythjng you try to explain to her. She has a good memory of past events and experiences but cannot remember people or events in recent times. She gets very upset with me because i dont talk to her so she understands. She swears at me and says she dont know what the Hell i am talking about. She calls me many awful names one minute and hates me then next minute she loves me. She does pretty well taking care of her self , house work and cleaning but does a problem about taking a shower and washing her hair. Sometimes over two weeks. I shower every other day sometimes everyday. She has become angry in public and swears there at times. We attend church and sometimes becomes adjtated there. I am trying to care for her as long as i can but it is becoming difficult and dont know i will be able to do so and keep my sanity. When do know when its time you cant do so any longer. Her two children live out of state and have shut us off for the past 6 years plus. We are not allowed to see them or correspond on the phone. My wife does understand this and wants to see them so bad and she does not understand we are not allowed to visit them. That makes it even harder for me because she blames me for not takkng her to see them. They said we woukd be arrested if we show up in Milwakee ay there house.