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I did this one yesterday.  It's a bit longer and this is about 2 months after the previous video.  You'll notice her attention span is extremely short, but there is a lot of visual and auditory distraction in the background, so that affects her ability to focus too.

Mom has started clenching her teeth when she talks.  I've touched all her teeth to make sure there isn't a dental issue happening and I came at dinnertime to make sure she isn't having a problem eating, so I don't think anything's going on with her mouth. 

I thought I'd share a couple of 1-minute videos of mom to give you an idea of how far along she is.  What is interesting is she has not smoked...

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This post won't necessarily be about mom - more about the toll dementia takes on the family and the unfortunate byproduct of that.

I'm n...

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Mom had a patch of dry skin on her shin about 1-1/2 months ago that must have been itchy, she scratched and somehow this blew up into a chronic wou...

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I had a post last week and when I went to publish it, it disappeared, so let's do it again.... I wanted to put up some pictures of the nursing home...

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Hi all, I've decided I need to become more active on this site and I'm going to join the group and blog away! My mother was diagnosed officially in...

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