“My 8-Year-Old Kept Complaining About Her Bed at Night — What the Security Footage Showed Broke Me”

she was confused, calling me by her sister’s name, asking when Daniel would be home from school, growing agitated when we tried to reorient her to the present.

We hired a part-time caregiver to help during the days when both Daniel and I had to work. Maria was a kind woman in her fifties who specialized in dementia care, and she had a way of redirecting continue reading …