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[QUOTE="OldAlum, post: 2247496, member: 4533"]
Such a difficult disease.  My dad suffered from dementia (thought to be mostly vascular) for the last 11 years of his life.  He and mom were happily living at home when he began to show symptoms (paranoia, forgetfulness) and then mom was diagnosed with two cancers. When she passed away he had progressed and living at home was difficult as all the adult children lived at least an hour away.  He went into assisted living about a year later, then memory care and then nursing care.  Each transition was necessary but worsened his condition.  He died of pneumonia about six years after leaving his home and a year after spending all of his assets. 
I do worry that I am the youngest child and without children.  If I develop dementia, I will have few family resources.  I often wish that the "death with dignity" laws could apply for dementia. (Yeah, I know there are a lot of issues and potential abuses with that)  I know my dad would have wanted it.
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