We didn't know it was Alzheimer's when we traveled to Kansas City, where Iva lived. Her friends had asked again and again for us to come and visit her for an extended stay. That means don't just drop in, take her to lunch and leave. But spend the night. Spend several nights. See what goes on in this house.
Our approach up to now had been give her a couple of hours while in town and hopefully eating out would take up most of the two hours. Her friends, though, were reporting extreme behavior regarding the big stack of mail her postman brought each and every day. Most of it was one sweepstakes or another. My husband was on her checking and savings account but we had respected her privacy and not checked on what she was doing with her money.
With all the concern from her friends, we investigated her accounts. What a shock to find she was spending about $2,000.00 per month in the money she was sending away to every possible scam. "Just mail this back and we'll enter your name in our drawing. You may win $50,000.00", or more, much more.
Can we sue Publisher's Clearing House and Reader's Digest? And if not, why not? They are the ones that made her feel the others were perhaps legitimate.
To make a long story short, she is now living in our house with us. II will try to add to this blog each day. It may be what keeps me sane. If that is now possible.
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