You have your finger on something. One aspect of dementia is the loss of memory, and therefore the loss of personality. It is sometimes said that who we are is the sum of what we recall. As that drains away, so do "we." After a while, dementia looks like amnesia. Probably progressing to catatonia.
You have your finger on something. One aspect of dementia is the loss of memory, and therefore the loss of personality. It is sometimes said that who we are is the sum of what we recall. As that drains away, so do "we." After a while, dementia looks like amnesia. Probably progressing to catatonia.