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No Vested Interest

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16. Has it been suggested to you that

Reply to aquart (Reply #15)

Sun Apr 28, 2013, 10:19 PM

Apr 2013

your mother may have had a mini-stroke?
That often causes a type of dementia, which may leave as time heals.

If that were to be so, she would be vulnerable to having a repeat episode.

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My 91 year old mother told my sister I've been poisoning her to get her money. [View all] aquart Jan 2013 OP

This sort of thing happened to a friend of mine. Turbineguy Jan 2013 #1

That's a KC Jan 2013 #2

Her doctor told us to call 911 but it didn't work. aquart Jan 2013 #3

We tried KC Jan 2013 #7

Having gone through something similar recently with my 81-year-old mother, pacalo Jan 2013 #4

Link is broken to caring site. Can you repost it? glinda Jan 2013 #5

Let's see if this one works... pacalo Jan 2013 #6

Thank you KC Jan 2013 #8

All the best to you, KC. pacalo Jan 2013 #9

*This* article is even better... pacalo Jan 2013 #10

She's driven everyone away. aquart Jan 2013 #11

Sounds like Alzheimer's. It's very hard to deal with. My grandmother did the same sinkingfeeling Jan 2013 #12

Turns out, it cleared up. Paranoia gone. Daughters hatred gone. aquart Apr 2013 #15

Has it been suggested to you that No Vested Interest Apr 2013 #16

Did you mean to say this? RILib Apr 2013 #13

It means I'm her dependent. aquart Apr 2013 #14