<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f0e9eedd-da69-48cb-b379-da5b6442f4cf/A14FFA15-E4F7-4875-A299-63615EBB9367/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/signs-of-dementia-are-showing" href="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/signs-of-dementia-are-showing" style="font-size: 11px;">www.caring.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/signs-of-dementia-are-showing"><H1 class="entry-title"> <IMG src="http://assets3.caring.com/images/spacer.gif?6ef494b" id="primary-icon" alt=" " /> Is It Okay to "Spy" on a Relative With Suspected Dementia? </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/signs-of-dementia-are-showing"><P class="first">Say you notice signs of dementia in a loved one who doesn't live with you. What's the best way to get a fix on what's really going on?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/signs-of-dementia-are-showing"><P><EM>"Only her hairdresser knows for sure"</EM> is the punchline of an old hair-dye commercial. It may also be a clue to deciding how your relative with suspected <A title="Alzheimer's" href="http://www.caring.com/alzheimers">Alzheimer's</A> or another dementia is truly faring.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/signs-of-dementia-are-showing"><P>A new study showing <A href="http://www.caring.com/news/hairstylists-often-privy-to-older-clients-health-issues">hairstylists are often privy to older clients' health issues</A> reminded me of a heated family debate I once witnessed among long-distance family members over what was really going on with their mom. Alost 90, she'd been showing signs of dementia or some other cognitive trouble:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.caring.com/blogs/caring-currents/signs-of-dementia-are-showing"><P class="first"><EM>One faction was in flat-out denial.</EM> Nothing was wrong with Mom! She still went swimming, bought groceries, made it to church most Sundays, and most importantly, assured everyone she was "fine."</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A14FFA15-E4F7-4875-A299-63615EBB9367/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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