Lisa Bellard, our mother can rest eternally knowing that her life and later suffering weren't for naught.
At the age of 59, my mother's difficult battle with Frontotemporal Lobe Dementia came to an end.

The pictures of the two hands are of Brandon and I holding my mom's hand at the end. Never one for taking pictures, my mother most certainly would not have wanted pictures of dementia's impact on her shared. Instead, she can rest knowing that her final pictures were of her children coming home for her. I think that is an honest beautiful tribute to our complex love.

Frontotemporal Lobe Dementia (FTD) is a rare form of dementia that destroys the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain which severely impairs a person's executive processing skills.

This type of dementia is different from the early symptoms of more common types. For example, it affects people at a younger age and causes rapid decline compared to Alzheimer's disease.

That is the beast of Frontotemporal Lobe Dementia: long before it takes your memories (I wager that she actually had minimal memory loss), it slowly chips away an individual's personality and functioning.

Family members with loved ones affected by FTD suddenly struggle to understand the confusing and often dangerous behavior that dementia causes.

Frontotemporal Lobe dementia also took away her end-of-life plans. As a lifelong advocate for burial and life insurance, my mother had a burial policy that lapsed during the onset of her dementia symptoms.

With dementia, families are often surprised to find out their loved one was hiding away mounting bills and missing money. Individuals with Frontotemporal Lobe dementia are extremely vulnerable to abuse. They can easily be victims of financial, physical, and mental exploitation.

Donations to Lisa will be used for the purchase of a headstone and a celebration of life memorial. The memorial will take place on May 12, 2023, from 4 pm-7 pm at La Mou Maison.
601 6th St, Mamou, LA 70554

We are committed to finding a cure for Frontotemporal Lobe Dementia. To learn more about FTD or to instead c donate to help find a cure, you may do so below:

https://www.alzheimers.org.uk…