Keeping your aging loved one safe while also keeping peace in the family.
Caring for a loved one with dementia
When Lesa Abajian-Sullivan’s mother, Marianna (not pictured), was diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment in 2008, the Seattle chef understood it to be “an ultimately deleterious condition.” Initially, Marianna seemed relatively well: able to tell time, aware of current events, capable of carrying on a lucid conversation. “But in time, Dad and I noticed Mom was…