Hannah Gardner was in her early 20s when she started to notice changes in her mum Susan's behaviour
A mum went from running a care home to living in one within a matter of years after being diagnosed with dementia.
Due to her "fast deterioration", Susan went from running a care home to living in one within the space of around seven years, and Hannah said it often felt like her mother was "looking straight through" her when she visited. Hannah told PA Real Life: "With dementia, you lose the person when they're alive and you lose them when they're dead.
Susan, who was "really creative", predominantly worked in elderly care and became the matron of a care home, meaning Hannah spent most of her childhood watching her mother in this role. Susan's anxiety increased, she started making more notes, her handwriting changed, she struggled with spelling, and she found word-finding and expressing herself challenging but her symptoms were not obviously dementia-related at first.
She became "suspicious" and distrustful of her family members, and started to wander and say "random" comments, such as: "I don't like fish and chips." There are many different causes of dementia. People often get confused about the difference between Alzheimer's disease and dementia. She said: "Those few weeks felt like a very long time. You knew something was going to happen, but it was about promoting her dignity and making sure she was comfortable.
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