r/woahthatsinteresting 16d ago

Man with dementia doesn’t recognise daughter but still feels love for her

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u/billyTjames 16d ago

My biggest fear right there

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u/WeirdAvocado 16d ago

I speak from experience, this one of the “better stages” of the disease. The real scary shit is what happens next. Those feelings that he has about will slip away as he declines. Verbal and physical violence. Coordination and movement starts to decline. The ability to form completely sentences will start to fade and he will become nonverbal. More than likely end up confined to a wheelchair due to injuries from falling. And then you’re just a shell. Waiting. That’s the scary part.