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When Caring for Someone with Dementia Triggers Impatience

My mother has early dementia and keeps forgetting our conversations, repeating the same stories, and I find myself getting irritated with her even though I know she cannot help it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The heart struggles to maintain compassion when caregiving fatigue meets the repetitive nature of cognitive decline.

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