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Caregiver here for my mom with dementia. Recently she was hospitalized for 7 days & I was kicked out after triage, but could hear them asking her “Do you have a history of x? Do you take meds for x?” I made it clear she has dementia. Healthcare workers need better training.

If I hand the triage nurse a list of current meds, history & current conditions, why are they asking my mother any of these things? I talked on the phone with my mom hours daily & hear nurses asking her questions she doesn’t know the answer to! Educate the medical community!

I was a caregiver to my husband, who died 2 years ago. It was a mental, physical and spiritual exhaustion I was not prepared for, let alone the isolation. Caregivers deserve so much more support. #ENDALZ

I helped my mom care for my daddy before he passed away last year from Alzheimer’s/dementia. All you’ve said is true as I can empathize. The bereavement of his loss is unbearable. The trauma as his caregiver is unexplainably painful. None of those emotions will ever go away.