and, unlike caretakers of people with dementia, pick them up when they make escape attempts or in their confusion become violent with the person they think stole their car keys or checkbook (which they don’t have because they can’t safely drive and someone had to assume financial Power of Attorney because they couldn’t manage their finances, either paying things on time or falling victim to scammers or charity requests that look to them like bills…)
and, unlike caretakers of people with dementia, pick them up when they make escape attempts or in their confusion become violent with the person they think stole their car keys or checkbook (which they don’t have because they can’t safely drive and someone had to assume financial Power of Attorney because they couldn’t manage their finances, either paying things on time or falling victim to scammers or charity requests that look to them like bills…)