Eli5 What is the differences between early dementia and normal forgetfulness?

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Eli5 What is the differences between early dementia and normal forgetfulness?

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I’m not a doctor.

Forgetfulness is forgetting where you dropped your keys or leaving your lunch on the counter instead of taking it with you to work.

With dementia I think the distinction I’ve seen in family members is forgetfulness with confusion.

Edit: the movie Still Alice does a really great job showing the decline.