Greg, I'm not qualified to comment on your mother, but I do remember that my mother got super paranoid and told me that she never wanted to see me again. I was relieved but she relented after a day, so no luck. But it was one of the first big indicators of her slipping into dementia. On the plus side, her dementia has pretty much erased her mean and judgmental side, and left her fairly content, if childlike.
the hands that guide me are invisible