Dear Carol: My mother has Alzheimer’s and has been swearing up a storm. She’s rude at times and is getting harder to take anywhere because she makes a scene wherever she goes. She is on Aricept and an antidepressant, but we feel she needs something more to help her. My father is a saint and cares for her, but it’s getting harder every day. What can we do? Olivia
Dear Olivia: This behavior is not uncommon with Alzheimer’s disease. It’s especially disconcerting to the family if the person behaving in the manner is a formerly sweet person who never used coarse language.
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