Decline

"Dementia is a progressive and terminal disease." Mayo Clinic

While I certainly know in my mind that dementia is progressive and terminal, watching it in someone we love is altogether a different thing.  Yesterday my loved one was so deeply asleep that I stayed awhile with him, but he did not wake up.  The time before he complained about pain in his back and stomach.  I have arranged for him to have physical therapy services again, thinking that helping him with his posture might help him alleviate his pain.  He seems to have had a steep decline in functioning again, and it is so hard to witness.