The competence of people with dementia can give the impression that there is no struggle below the surface. An excellent point from James

Good evening, it’s James again.

At one meeting today I heard that dementia is on the back burner. I mean, that’s the way it was, up to 1999 and since then, through the efforts of people, it’s become more and more to the front and while the pandemic was on, I would say people with memory problems couldn’t get to the doctor to find out whether there’s a physical problem or a dementia problem. And I began to think, I wonder if we’re shooting ourselves in the foot?

I mean, we go to meetings and conferences and we present very well. Some of us have been driving for years, so – but again, they don’t see us twenty four hours a day, when we’re up in the morning and don’t know where we are or where to find things, so I just wondered if the powers that be have looked at people who are doing well and living every day as being very competent, not needing any help.

So are we doing ourselves an injustice by being too good?
Goodnight.