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I remember when I was a teenager my mother brought my grandmother to live with us because she didn't want her in an institution. She was one crazy old woman, with moaning that frazzled all our nerves. After two weeks my father came home from work, took one look at the sad scene in our home, and said "there is a crazy person living in this house. If this keeps up, there will soon be two crazy women living in this house." He told my mother to take her mother back to where she could be cared for, and my mother complied. My grandmother and grandfather both lived institutionalized until their deaths, and they didn't know us or were not sane enough for us to visit. My cousin, a nurse, saw that my grandfather was bathed once a week, by force, usually. My point is that we need to learn enough to protect our own mental health while caring for those whose minds can destroy us as well. Dorisena

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Hi, @dorisena - it sounds like you have many experiences and tips to offer those who are living with and/or providing care for those experiencing MCI and then dementia like you shared about with your husband, or the mental decline you witnessed in your grandmother. I'd like to invite you to please share with others in our Caregivers group in this discussion https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/caregiving-for-dementia-sufferers. I'd suggest you might read through some of the past posts as well as post about what you've experienced to help others discussing there.