This Show is Spooky Close to Home
By LooeyVille
@LooeyVille (79)
United States
July 18, 2026 5:36pm CST
I’m watching a streaming show on Netflix and the main character has a mother in law with dementia just like my mother in law.
The mother in law thinks people are stealing her shots just like my mother in law
The mother in law thinks somebody is coming in her room. Just like my mother in law
So I guess my mother in law’s journey with dementia is very common with similar symptoms
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@AmbiePam (123093)
• United States
19 Jul
My late Nana was in assisted living, but you knew people were close to memory care when they started accusing staff of stealing from them. Although, I did wonder, what if like a really expensive ring goes missing, and a staff member really did steal it? How do you prove whether it was a fading memory or a legit thief? It’s not like those workers make a lot.
That was a general question; I know that doesn’t apply to your mother-in-law.
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@GardenGerty (170155)
• United States
19 Jul
That is why residents are discouraged from bringing expensive things with them.
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@AmbiePam (123093)
• United States
19 Jul
@GardenGerty Yeah, but my Nana and those who were in their right minds did keep their expensive jewelry. I wonder how often a right minded person accused someone.
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@GardenGerty (170155)
• United States
19 Jul
I do not know if that is reassuring or not. So far Bob is not doing any of that, but hey, some of my clothes have gone missing. Honestly think it is the crazy lady in my mirror that tidied up and lost them.
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@JudyEv (385076)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Jul
That lady in the mirror can be quite a worry sometimes.
@toniganzon (77861)
• Philippines
19 Jul
My great grandma who had dementia, wouldn't eat what my Aunt gave her because she claimed she was being poisoned.
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@FourWalls (87800)
• United States
10h
That’s one of the ways they “know” someone’s suffering…the symptoms match. I’m thankful my aunt is calm and peaceful and relatively healthy right now. Also, that she went to a facility of her own free will. She likes it there.
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@LooeyVille (79)
• United States
9h
Mother in law chose to move there but denied. She didn’t fully understand what it was and is still in denial that there’s anything wrong with her.
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@Deepizzaguy (123396)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
19 Jul
It could ne that many senior citizens do get dementia as they get older.
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@Ineeddentures (38652)
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19 Jul
You could film your own version and put it on YouTube
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@RasmaSandra (99166)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14h
So sorry to hear this and I know in her own way this is so difficult for her, WIll keep her in my prayers and I know the Lord will do his best watching over her, Glad at least whe is being taken care of,
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@Traceyjayne (12307)
• United Kingdom
17h
I can relate to all you've said. My Nan was exactly the same.
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@LooeyVille (79)
• United States
18h
So my limited understanding is that Lewy-Body dementia is associated with Parkinson’s Disease so it has physical mobility aspects as well as the mental ones
