FWIW, my grandfather had dementia and knew it before he passed, and for a long time when it was developing. The interesting part is he could not remember the w

FWIW, my grandfather had dementia and knew it before he passed, and for a long time when it was developing. The interesting part is he could not remember the word for it, but the part of his brain that knew what dementia was, still functioned. So he would say, "I have that thing that starts with the letter d, where I can't remember things". I also remember after he passed, going through things in his home, and finding papers and things he had collected, which were his reminders to himself that he had seen in himself that he couldn't remember. I think for me, one of the most emotional moments I had was finding this poem printed and sitting on his desk: https://www.ellenbailey.com/poems/ellen_112.htm https://www.ellenbailey.com/poems/ellen_112.htm I still miss him and was in awe of the fact that he was going through the stages of dementia but still remembered me, and was aware of it. I think being aware of it almost made it worse, in my opinion.