BRONX (WABC) -- Who are the people who care for the caregivers?

Being a caregiver is a role that few people are prepared for.

One Bronx woman who is navigating her own mother's difficult journey with dementia has some insight and advice for other caregivers.

Gwen Harper's mother, Henrietta, began showing signs of memory loss eight years ago.

"She was forgetting just a tweaking of things that were natural that I knew she knew how to do," Harper said.

Her first reaction was denial.

"You don't want to see it. You are sitting there trying to act like it is not happening. But you really see that it is something that is changing, and you can see the change. It's just hard. It's just hard," Harper said.

At 80 years old, Henrietta was diagnosed with Dementia three years ago.

Since then, H

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