Dear Queenie,
My mother is getting more and more difficult as she gets older. She has never been easy to get along with, but she is getting worse and worse, so that now almost everything she says is some kind of criticism or insult. I try to defend myself or whoever else she is talking about, but she just says I am being hateful and keeps going on and on.
Queenie, please tell me how to deal with this.—Angry son
Dear Son,
One of the signs of dementia is the person not being able to control what he or she is saying. Offer to go with your mother to her next appointment with her doctor and make an opportunity to tell him/her about this so your mother can be evaluated for this possibility. Then you will know better how to deal with her.
