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My sister in law related to me her husband's mother developed dementia. They tried to care for her at home determined to keep her there until the end. Then one day when they told her it was time for her medicine, she grabbed a huge butcher knife from the kitchen drawer and chased them round and round their home over beds and around sofas in a terrifying effort to stab them to death. Finally, they ran out the front door and pulled it shut. While frantically holding it closed, her mother in law stabbed it so hard the knife actually came part way through the door. They decided to take her to a retirement home the same day. This poor woman had never even spanked her children or raised her hand to anyone. You never know how these kinds of diseases will change a person's personality. It's so hard on the families to make those difficult calls for when it's time to take control.