The article narrates Sara Stewart's experience with her mother, who showed signs of dementia around 2014. Despite efforts to keep her at home with support, Cole's condition worsened, leading to her inability to recognize Stewart. Caregivers often face emotional turmoil when loved ones with dementia forget vital relationships, leading to grief and existential crises. Experts emphasize that this loss of memory is a common and heartbreaking aspect of dementia, reflecting a profound change in family dynamics.
People with advancing dementia do regularly fail to recognize beloved spouses, partners, children, and siblings... this is one of those benchmarks, a fundamental shift in a close relationship.
I felt like I'd been kicked... In the natural course of things, you were supposed to die before me. But you were never supposed to forget who I am.
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