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deRien

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16. We were given the

Reply to CountAllVotes (Reply #15)

Tue Jul 30, 2024, 12:31 PM

Jul 2024

choice of surgery. It was either sit in pain in a wheelchair or have surgery and be pushed down the dementia road. The hospital lost her teeth so she was unable to eat. It took about 7 weeks for her to pass away. Skeletal thin also. I'm sorry for your loss. It is so hard to watch and wait as a loved one passes.

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Can you die from dementia? [View all] CTyankee Jul 2024 OP

Our experience Dave in VA Jul 2024 #1

Dementia can cause a decline in various ways that can be fatal. Ocelot II Jul 2024 #3

here is background for this post CTyankee Jul 2024 #2

It takes ( sad to say ) years to die from Alzheimer's demosincebirth Jul 2024 #4

My mother died from dementia. surfered Jul 2024 #5

Likely a secondary cause LiberalFighter Jul 2024 #6

My mom quit eating and went into a fetal position. LakeArenal Jul 2024 #7

One of my friends went to the nursing home murielm99 Jul 2024 #8

Exactly. My dad visited three times a day. LakeArenal Jul 2024 #10

From my family's experience... Eugene Jul 2024 #9

Sister died at 55 from LPPA (a type of dementia) Prairie_Seagull Jul 2024 #11

My grandmother succumbed to dementia this past April Niagara Jul 2024 #12

Yes CountAllVotes Jul 2024 #13

My mother-in-law deRien Jul 2024 #14

That is what happened to my late husband CountAllVotes Jul 2024 #15

We were given the deRien Jul 2024 #16

I left at the end CountAllVotes Jul 2024 #17

My sister-in-law deRien Jul 2024 #19

My late husband had 39 nieces and nephews & one living sister CountAllVotes Jul 2024 #20

Cats are deRien Jul 2024 #21

Exactly! CountAllVotes Jul 2024 #22

We were with my mom mgardener Jul 2024 #26

It was the saddest moment in my life CountAllVotes Jul 2024 #27

My father-in-law was at the end of his life. GumboYaYa Jul 2024 #28

It's called "terminal restlessness" TexasBushwhacker Jul 2024 #29

No one could tell me what was going on CountAllVotes Aug 2024 #30

You don't know what you can handle TexasBushwhacker Aug 2024 #31

It was my husband CountAllVotes Aug 2024 #32

Leading cause of death is aspiration pneumonia (brain damage leading to swallowing & other neuro-affective difficulties) hlthe2b Jul 2024 #18

i had 2 friends die from that horrible thing.:( AllaN01Bear Jul 2024 #23

it's what killed AC/DC guitarist Malcolm Young Skittles Jul 2024 #24

Thank you. That is so helpful! CTyankee Jul 2024 #25

Yes agalisgv Aug 2024 #33

I believe the technical term is GusBob Aug 2024 #34