My partner had a stroke last July.His main problem was loss of speech.I have suspected he had early dementia for a year or so before the stroke.He was diagnosed with vascular dementia last October.There have been issues with verbal abuse for about 2 years and after the stroke he was physically abusive on one occasion.After this happened I went to stay with my daughter and returned home after he promised to get help for his temper and mood swings.This was when he got the dementia diagnosis.His antidepressants were increased and the abuse has stopped.Since November last year he has been staying in bed all day everyday.He does not get dressed,has a shower about once a week and does absolutely nothing.I managed to get him to see the GP last Wednesday, but that was a waste of time as the Dr did not offer any help.I don’t believe the dementia is too severe at the moment.He has started to do online betting every day .He manages to pick horses but I have to put the bets on as he has never used a computer.(There is no danger of him getting into debt as his son has set up a limit to the spending)He makes drinks for himself and prepares simple meals such as cereal,eggs,soup.Can anyone suggest how I might be able to persuade him to get out of bed and be more sociable or should I resign myself to living a life on my own?Sorry for the length of this,but I am feeling really fed up right now and I know things are only going to get worse.I think we could be having some sort of life together and I feel very resentful about his spending all his time shut away in the bedroom.