Early Onset Dementia, A Mother’s Journey

Robin Davenport

What if your kind, gentle adult son started exhibiting bizarre behavior, so bizarre his wife got a restraining order and he ended up in prison? Our guest in this conversation, Robin, knows this terror as she lost her son little by little to an undiagnosed disease – Early Onset Dementia. Robin’s son, Justin, gradually changed from a kind, engaged husband, father and son into a man his family didn’t recognize. He lost his family and was imprisoned before doctors finally diagnosed him with frontotemporal dementia or young onset dementia. This is a heart-breaking story, but Robin offers light in the darkness.

Robin Davenport is a wife, mother and grandmother. She and her family live in the beautiful north Georgia mountains. Robin has worked in the field of developmental disabilities for over 20 years and currently serves as the director of a small non-profit agency who provides services to adults with developmental disabilities. Robin teaches women's bible study through her local church. She loves to study the scriptures and share with others how God has walked with her family through the darkest of times.

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