'What's happened to me?': Bearing witness as my nan faced dementia
A writer reflects on watching dementia gradually strip her grandmother of independence and identity. The woman recalls her Nana's protective nature and their close bond before the disease's onset, marked by confusion and memory loss following a beach incident on Christmas Day. A mixed diagnosis of vascular dementia and Alzheimer's disease eventually changed their family's life forever.
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Published 01 Aug 2026, 18:45 UTC · Updated 01 Aug 2026, 18:50 UTC
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