Hi,
I have no idea how to start this so I'll just start!!
My 50yr old sister was diagnosed last week with Early onset Dementia. Obviously, as a family we are all devastated. Not helped by the fact that she now lives in Canada!
As awful as this may sound, I can't help but be a little worried about the possibility of this being hereditary, from the research I have done, I've found that there is more risk with early onset that it could be. We have no known history of dementia in the family but we know nothing about my Mum's side of the family. She has had no contact with them before she had children and we have no history of them. This is such a difficult subject to broach with Mum, so I don't know what to do! I have two children of my own, so have a duty to them to find out as much as possible, but how do I do that without mum thinking it's a finger pointed at her?
Sorry if my post doesn't make sense. So confused
Any advice would be very welcome.
Thankyou, kind regards. kmc xx
I have no idea how to start this so I'll just start!!
My 50yr old sister was diagnosed last week with Early onset Dementia. Obviously, as a family we are all devastated. Not helped by the fact that she now lives in Canada!
As awful as this may sound, I can't help but be a little worried about the possibility of this being hereditary, from the research I have done, I've found that there is more risk with early onset that it could be. We have no known history of dementia in the family but we know nothing about my Mum's side of the family. She has had no contact with them before she had children and we have no history of them. This is such a difficult subject to broach with Mum, so I don't know what to do! I have two children of my own, so have a duty to them to find out as much as possible, but how do I do that without mum thinking it's a finger pointed at her?
Sorry if my post doesn't make sense. So confused
Any advice would be very welcome.
Thankyou, kind regards. kmc xx