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Rich2015 Asked May 2015
Can people with dementia figure out that they have dementia?
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MaggieMarshall May 2015
You are not describing someone with dementia. Nothing you've said would cause anyone to draw that conclusion. Your caption question? I can address that regards my mom. I could tell her that her brain was tricking her, and she could understand in the moment.
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pamstegma May 2015
Rich2015, is it possible you are confused? You have posted questions several times about mom's dementia, yet mom is working and caring for you. Perhaps you should talk to your own doctor, and learn to accept your own memory losses. Can you learn to accept that?
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Windyridge May 2015
I can only speak to my experience with my dad. He's 85 and began to show slight symptoms of dementia about 4 to 5 years ago. It has been a very gradual decline for him. I been told and have read that people can plateau and then fall off very rapidly. I think as dads decline began he seemed to have a slight acceptance that his memory was getting bad. He is much worse now with very little short term memory. It's impossible to reason with him or convince him he is impaired and needs any help. He will get very angry if we do too much correcting or suggest that he and mom need help.
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