Why do people with dementia forget things like people/events, but not things like the alphabet or relatively simple grammar? Or do they, and it’s just not really shown in western media?
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My grandmother had dementia and lost her ability to speak. It just came out a garbled yell everytime. Some doctors thought she could still understand us and had just forgotten how to form the words to reply. Others weren’t so sure if she had lost language entirely. She lost other motor control stuff so it was hard to seek confirmation. She definitely could respond to stimulus but we were never sure how well she interpreted the stimulus.
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