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3Hotdogs

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5. Not unusual in early stages of dementia. They wake up at night with pain. Then get confused and

Reply to unc70 (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 20, 2023, 03:12 PM

Jul 2023

wander.

I got a call about my mother from her upstairs tenant. She was outside, 3 a.m., 40 degree temperature. Her house key was in her hand but she didn't know how to use it to get back into her apartment.

About two weeks later, we found an assisted living facility for he.

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Not unusual in early stages of dementia. They wake up at night with pain. Then get confused and 3Hotdogs Jul 2023 #5