Are dementia patients aware of their condition?
Memory loss and feeling confused are ordinarily light in the initial phases. The person undergoing dementia may be conscious of the changes and feel frustrated. Some of these include finding it difficult to remember recent happenings, making decisions, or analyzing things said by others.
In progressive phases, memory loss gets considerably more critical. For instance, they may face challenges recognizing family members, forgetting family relationships or their name, and having difficulty finding a home location or passage of time. They may forget the usages of some typical items like pens or knives.
These are the changes that family members or caregivers find most disturbing and heartbreaking. As the disorder progresses, they may lose the ability of self-awareness and will not have the ability to realize ‘what they want (self-intention) and ‘what they want to do’ (self-desire) and ‘what they are doing’ (self-situation).