re: Help dealing with someone with Dementia

If he will not cooperate with 24/7 caretakers, I would put him in a nursing home or some type of facility which handles patients like himself for his own safety and your gf's sanity. Sometimes, you just have to do things the older person may not like when it's in the person's best interest.

Some folks get mean when they get this way. Some do not. I know a person who has run off so many sitters, the company refused to send any more of them. She stays with the daughter, but the woman gets up in the middle of the night cooking and such which puts them both in danger. They found her in the street in the middle of the night, where she'd fallen. She will not want to go to a facility, but for her own safety and her daughter's, there is no other choice. those folks are trained to deal with these situations. It's a very tough time for the loved ones.