@Countryboy you raise a good point about males and females. I read that worldwide, nearly twice as many women get dementia as men. Women generally live a couple of years longer but this does not account for the huge gap between male and female sufferers. I've read studies that relate the change in hormones in women during/after menopause to the onset of dementia.
Mind you, I've read studies on all sorts of things. Some seem promising whilst others seem to want to 'blame' the person in some way and for any number of reasons, e.g. you smoked, you were in the wrong socio-economic group, you had a poor diet, you didn't exercise, you were overweight, you were closed-minded, even you weren't married to a positive person.
Most of us when caring for a PWD have heard various 'well-meaning comments' along these lines. One person I told of mum's diagnosis actually told me, 'She'll be fine - she just needs to do some sudoku.' Apparently it has the power to fix brains
Don't be upset @Countryboy - no one's having a go at you. On the contrary, we admire your incredible resilience...
Mind you, I've read studies on all sorts of things. Some seem promising whilst others seem to want to 'blame' the person in some way and for any number of reasons, e.g. you smoked, you were in the wrong socio-economic group, you had a poor diet, you didn't exercise, you were overweight, you were closed-minded, even you weren't married to a positive person.
Most of us when caring for a PWD have heard various 'well-meaning comments' along these lines. One person I told of mum's diagnosis actually told me, 'She'll be fine - she just needs to do some sudoku.' Apparently it has the power to fix brains
Don't be upset @Countryboy - no one's having a go at you. On the contrary, we admire your incredible resilience...