The neurologist never ventured that far. When she was in the hospital after her fall, the staff immediately saw that she needed an eval. She was evaluated with early dementia, and the doctor went so far as to say she should never drive again, and never live alone. Fast forward to today (about 4 years later), and her decline is very evident. She went from IL to AL, and about 3 or 4 months ago to memory care. The type of dementia was never assessed to my knowledge. I believe it is consistent with ALZ (started with word-finding and lots of notes all around her house, progressed to auditory and visual hallucinations, and ever-increasing paranoia that people are stealing her stuff).

I wouldn't want to put 1poorlady through this, either. But she would NOT be supportive of my exiting early. And, while I'd like to think I can do it, I won't know until that moment comes. It's one thing to talk about it in the abstract, it's another to pull the trigger (figuratively or literally).

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