Bruce Dentler, who retired after 20 years as a family practice physician followed by a practice focused on geriatrics, works with a Dementia Friendly Spokane team to help faith communities have dementia friendly congregations.
During the last 10 years of specializing in medical care for seniors, what had been his professional concern about providing compassionate care became a personal concern.
He visited his parents, Mary Lou and Howard Dentler, at a retirement home in Florida two or three times a year. On one visit, he noticed a subtle change in his mother.
Having always been a terrific cook, his mother kept her best recipes in her head. That visit, she left out key ingredients,. . . . . .
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