Symptoms Decreased ability to think and remember, emotional problems, problems with language, decreased motivation
Usual onset Gradual[2]
Duration Long term[2]
Dementia is a broad category of brain diseases that cause a long-term and often gradual decrease in the ability to think and remember that is great enough to affect a person's daily functioning.
Other common symptoms include emotional problems, difficulties with language, and a decrease in motivation.
A person's consciousness is usually not affected.
A dementia diagnosis requires a change from a person's usual mental functioning and a greater decline than one would expect due to aging.
These diseases also have a significant effect on a person's caregivers.
That last line triggered me because from the sound of it, Dementia is a gradual tuning out of reality.
That's bad ??
I spent a good many of my hippy years intentionally inducing never never land and I, by golly enjoyed it (easy there Hoss, I got saved in 1981 and that ended THAT)...
And if ANY of us never had responsibilities of any kind and was relieved of going to work or even paying attention to other people (I believe it is a fact that most people's favorite subject is themselves ... ), going into dreamland is a pretty OK thing.
Do we have the technology that taps into a demented person that will translate the brain waves into television ?
We have no idea where they are or what they're doing and it just might not be a bad state of mind.
So who's really suffering ?
These diseases also have a significant effect on a person's caregivers.
He was so funny when he was on Carol Burnett. I love when they did a parody of ‘The Odd Couple’s and ‘Gone With The Wind’
Prayers for Tim and especially his loved ones who are painfully aware even as he slips form reality.
Sooo sad. One of the greats.
Prayers for Mr. Conway’s suffering to be eased.
It is so unfortunate when the adult kids from the first marriage and the current wife end up fighting publicly.
He's just been to the dentist......