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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Typically* dementia affects short term first, almost like moving backwards through time. Which is why a lot of dementia patients/sufferers believe it is a much earlier year than it is – 1900s compared to 2000s for example.
*not always the case as there are hundreds of different types of dementia, only 100% diagnosable post mortem.
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