Bruce Willis' frontotemporal dementia diagnosis reveals an uncomfortable truth

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11. Picks Disease

My mother was formally diagnosed with Picks Disease which is a frontolobal form of Dementia. She had been showing signs of cognitive issues and decline for about 3 years before the formal diagnosis in 2014. It is a ugly but fortunately a quick Disease from onset to death.
With that said the stress that it put on me and my sister who were her main caregivers was enormous. I was also dealing with a marriage that was having troubles at the same time and I was completely unaware of the stress until after my mom passed. We were fortunate that my mom had a good insurance plan as well as an excellent retirement fund and we were able to get her into assisted living. The care she needed was beyond our ability to provide and we felt guilty for having to put her in assisted living.
I can also say that we had some humorous times with her during her decline which made things easier for everyone.

A lifelong Democrat she had the last laugh as she was born during the FDR Presidency and she passed on January 20, 2017 at 7:23am. She sure as hell was not going to hang around for TFG administration.