"Women are expected to work like they have no children and parent like they have no job."

[state of stupid]

55. I feel for you; I went thru the dementia caretaker twice. The first time was with my mother.

About halfway thru she remembered my brother and remembered she had another son,
but did not know what happened to him. I went from being her son to the handsome stranger
to was I a friend of my brother. The second time was my brother. I do not know if he knew who
I was or not because he lost the ability to speak and write anything legible. I can tell you that I
learned pretty much the hard way, if you do not take care of yourself physically, mentally and
spiritually; you cannot take care of them effectively. Having people who will listen is number one
on the list. Sometimes you need to bounce ideas around to get a perspective on your options;
other times you just need to vent.
As has already been mentioned there is always somebody here willing to listen. As a matter of
fact, there are quite a few folks here that can offer very good advice!

https://www.dementiasociety.org/dementia-help?msclkid=16dbf00ea8d9176ba1429a2f1d7efa7d