Introducing more of our situation

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Shirley Trusky and I are sisters, so you may get some of the same information.

My Mom is 79 years old. She was a LPN, worked in state hospitals and nursing

homes. She was very active in her church, always went 3 times a week and was

also active in the senior group. Now she does not go to the senior group, she

sometimes misses one of the services on Sunday and has not been going on

Wednesday evening. She has had 3 UTI's in the past 4 months, pneumonia and flu.

She is very content to sit and watch TV or read. She doesn't even want to make

her bed or do the few dishes that she occasionally has. She is in an assisted

living facility, which she really likes. She has frequent hallucinations and

gets confused over the time of day. I am the oldest by 5 minutes, I am a twin,

but she lives an hour 1/2 away. I spend a lot of time taking her to the doctors,

and taking care of her finances, so I see her more often than the rest of the

family. It is increasing hard for me to see her become someone I don't know. I

can't go to her for advice, because she can't always understand. She can be very

argumentative and accusatory. I don't know much about LBD, so any information

of experiences that anyone wishes to share with me will be appreciated. Is

there a time frame as to what stages they usually go through or does it depend

on the person? Looking forward to hearing from you and for advice and support!!

Sharon Stalnaker