New to the group

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I am happy to have been accepted into the LBD caregiver group. I am new

to all this, so be patient please. My Mother started showing signs of

a dementing illness 6 years ago. It took the doctors awhile to decide

that she had LBD. She was very slow in her progression until our Dad

died in March. Since then, she has really gone down hill. We have

moved in to her home to care for her. It is difficult living in someone

else's home. The loss of privacy is very hard to deal with. The night

wakenings are going to be the death of me. It's really hard to go to

work and be productive next morning after one of her nightly

wanderings. Even though it has been hard, I am adamant about keeping

her at home. She is ambulatory and has some lucid moments (actually

very few). I feel ill to think about putting her in an unfamiliar

setting with people I don't know and I know they will not care for her

(or love her) like I do. It's very sad, I feel that my Mother is there

physically, but I feel that her personality and spirit died long ago.

Anyway, thanks for the support, I'll be reading the postings for

suggestions on how my family can get through this.