Almost every time someone asks how Mum is, they then tilt their head to one side and say, “How old is she?”
People are afraid of dementia. If they ask and the person is in their eighties or nineties they breathe a sigh of relief but when younger people are affected then the doubts begin. I can't blame them. I never gave dementia a thought until I had to face up to the fact that all was not well with my husband. He was diagnosed in his late seventies but occasional odd behaviour began at least a decade before that.Almost every time someone asks how Mum is, they then tilt their head to one side and say, “How old is she?”
People are afraid of dementia. If they ask and the person is in their eighties or nineties they breathe a sigh of relief but when younger people are affected then the doubts begin. I can't blame them. I never gave dementia a thought until I had to face up to the fact that all was not well with my husband. He was diagnosed in his late seventies but occasional odd behaviour began at least a decade before that.
The average time to survive after a diagnosis is apparently eight years but lots of people live much longer than that. I think questioners are doing a bit of maths in their head trying to foresee how long you will have to be a carer before the inevitable happens.
Totally agree. Someone asked the 'how old' question about my mum and I replied, 'she's 87.' This was followed by, 'well, she's had a good innings then!'
For heaven's sake - she may have dementia but she's not flippin' dead! The implication seemed to be her situation was much the same as being dead
People are afraid of dementia. If they ask and the person is in their eighties or nineties they breathe a sigh of relief but when younger people are affected then the doubts begin. I can't blame them. I never gave dementia a thought until I had to face up to the fact that all was not well with my husband. He was diagnosed in his late seventies but occasional odd behaviour began at least a decade before that.
The average time to survive after a diagnosis is apparently eight years but lots of people live much longer than that. I think questioners are doing a bit of maths in their head trying to foresee how long you will have to be a carer before the inevitable happens.
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Some people are rude aren’t they!