‘I’m worried my mother-in-law might have dementia – how can I help her?’

A composite image shows columnist Anna Richardson, left, and an older woman and mid-life woman drinking tea, right.

So many letters from readers resonate with me personally – and as the daughter of a parent with vascular dementia, this one particularly hit home.

The reader expressed a difficult situation: they have some serious concerns that her mother-in-law may be developing dementia, but feel lost themselves about how to broach the subject sensitively.