Like the other posters say, we are all in the same boat, dementia is the great leveller, unfortunately the level is the sinking kind.
I liken dementia in the home as similar to bubonic plague, I expect the neighbours to mark a red cross on the door any day and I will have to walk around with a bell saying "unclean, unclean".
'Friends' disappear over the horizon at the speed of light, criticism has been levelled by one that i am letting standards slip (24/7 care for both disabled parents, no help whatsoever, I repair things, decorate, call doctors, cook, absolutely everything - of course the bloody 'standards' are going to slip!
). As for relatives who live close by...... Nuff said.
We are all in it together, please join us, I am sure we need your support along with all the other support we can get.