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SheilaT

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4. There certainly is something going on.

Reply to HockeyMom (Original post)

Wed Apr 2, 2014, 01:37 AM

Apr 2014

Age is only a small component of Alzheimer's or any other dementia. It does sound as if something like that is going on. There's no good way of knowing if her recent dietary changes are at all a component of what's going on. Chances are she's not going to be willing to give up being a Vegan so there's no good way to figure out if that's part of what's going on.

But my personal guess is that she's getting this way regardless of her diet. What a shame her own daughter isn't more on top of what's going on. All you can do is to alert all the appropriate family members and hope that they get involved.

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