Wow! I don't have words... Yes, indeed, my mother-in-law has been diagnosed with the beginning stages of dementia...
She came to visit us in December. She lives in Johannesburg and we are in Durban...a distance of 600 KM. By the evening, she felt it was becoming late and she needs to return home. She became very upset when everybody told her that she is in Durban and she cannot just go back home. In her mind, we were also still living in Johannesburg...
She has now fallen down the stairs in her house...fractured cheekbone, broken arm (one bone crushed) and left thumb broken...and now officially diagnosed with beginning stages of dementia...
So all I can say is that I am so sorry to hear about your experience, especially about losing both your parents in such a short time...