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"Age related dementia"? I'm not sure what you mean by that.

Dementia, I believe, is a physical conditional of brain deterioration (of various etiologies), that affects memory, reasoning, language, cognition and sequencing, among other processes. It is NOT a normal part of aging.

You are correct, that your mother, whose ability to reason from facts has deteriorated, may start to not trust you in other ways.

You might want to get her in to have her checked for a uti. You most likely want her to have a full workup for dementia.
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Well, call the doc and tell him she's not sleeping well. Probably need to kick up her dosage.

I could always straighten mom out by very patiently telling her that her mind was playing tricks on her . . . She was not thinking clearly because of her meds. Actually, she had dementia, but the meds story sounded true to her. Whatever works.

You might try that, and you might add TO that explanation that you want her to call you when she thinks something untoward is going on. "Then we can figure it out together, mom."
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