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why do loved ones with dementia sometimes ‘come back’ before death?

  • Written by Yen Ying Lim, Associate Professor, Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, Monash University
why do loved ones with dementia sometimes ‘come back’ before death?Pexels/Andrea Piacquadio

Dementia is often described as “the long goodbye”. Although the person is still alive, dementia slowly and irreversibly chips away at their memories and the qualities that make someone “them”.

Dementia eventually takes away the person’s ability to communicate, eat and drink on their own,...

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