What does dementia mean to you?

[a.sisson]

Your answer can be as simple or detailed as you wish

 

[Soobee]

Hello a.sisson, welcome to Talking Point.

I think your question may be too broad.

I think dementia means to me a lot of difficult emotions and challenges. What does it mean to you?

 

[Beate]

And why do you want to know?

 

[netsy22]

Loss of memory, confusion, anxiety, losing the ability to do everyday things and to look after yourself, losing your personality, all gradually getting worse; (my experience with my mother).
Personally, I do not think it is a life worth living, although this is a very harsh view.
Why have you asked this question?

 

[Amethyst59]

I’m curious too...you can get a medical description from anywhere...and what are people here going to say? Certainly no one is going to say that it is nothing to worry about, take a pill and all will be well. Unfortunately.

 

[Shedrech]

I put 'dementia' into the search box at the top of this page, here's the result:
https://forum.alzheimers.org.uk/search/52086/?q=dementia&o=date
reading these posts and all the recent posts and archived posts here on TP may give you some appreciation of how much dementia means to the folk who have shared their experiences so generously, some at particularly challenging times in their lives

 

[nitram]

And why do you want to know?

Why have you asked this question?

I’m curious too...you can get a medical description from anywhere...and what are people here going to say?

OP's reason for joining simply says 'research'

 

[Lawson58]

And my answer to this question could change from day to day and would be different to what it was a month ago.

 

[Beate]

Seriously, OP, please explain your "research" to us, because just signing up to put a question into the room without any background info isn't the best etiquette.

 

[Selinacroft]

This week - mop and bucket spring to mind