Spotting the signs of dementia

"My name is Samantha Burton. This is a story about my Mom, and our journey with Alzheimer's disease."

In this first episode, Samantha becomes concerned about her Mom's memory loss.

Every person is unique and dementia affects people differently - no two people will have symptoms that develop in exactly the same way. The most common signs are memory loss and the loss of practical abilities, which can lead to withdrawal from work or social activities. If you think that these problems are affecting your daily life, or the life of someone you know, you should talk to your doctor, or encourage them to talk to theirs.

Video courtesy of Otsuka and the Global Council on Alzheimer’s Disease

[iqosuser]

I'm 71 yrs old and I'm starting dementia I forget thinks terrible mood swings living in the past. It's scary. I have a person living with me who watches me. I try playing games for memory. Pray for me. Love you all bye !❤❤

[monicapyle]

I went to visit my dad and he got up at 2am, made himself breakfast and got ready for work. I had to remind him that he's been retired for 20 years and it's 2am. Scary feeling. He knows who everyone is but he's starting to do bizarre things like that.

[ericab.hinton]

I think my husband is starting to have issues. Jesus, help me be strong.

[scetch]

My mom is almost 91 yrs old and in the last stages of dementia and life. I remember my first true warning sign with mom was many years ago. My mom always loved playing the game Yahtzee. She played it for years. One day we asked her if she'd like to play. She replied, Yahtzee? What's that? How do you play? Mom has forgotten us all and is pretty much non verbal at this point. She always loved to sing. She had such a beautiful voice. When the talking became less and less mom would just hum and sing. That has now gone away as well. She's been in a memory care facility for a while now. Most of the time we just sit with her. Play music in the background. Hold her hand. Kiss her on the forehead...She was and still is an amazing woman. I will miss her greatly.

[Tyubirocks]

YouTube keeps marking this as watched for me even though I've never seen it before

[FpeEddie]

I'm at that stage of fits of rage. I even got frustrated at the gas station because the pump didnt work, bystanders tried to help me and they did something I should have known, they pushed the lead grade for me. This has happened a few times. I repeat questions within 10 or 15 minute increments. I've only just turned 41 years old. Even when the house gets messy, the overstimulation triggers my rage.

[pocillocortado]

Your animation's art design is so delicate and beautiful, made it so easy to watch for such a painful topic.

[freediverhd]

Unfortunately, I need to go through this with my mom. Heart breaking.

[diamondmccabe]

This is sad I am going though this now heart breaking

[alloverdaplace]

Going through this with my dad now 😢 in my opinion this is a death sentence

[GallowBoob]

Why there an red bar under a video i haven't watched, youtube need to fix this bug real quick.

[SCP_Bright]

Youtube must be bugged. This video has been in my watch history every day.

[savvygood]

Anyone else here because of Joe Biden?

[NBA_Kingdom]

This is a great video never thought about this before

[sergeystygaylo]

There this weird bug. That makes it seem like i watched it already.

[petercollinson]

Very informative, yet gentle. I hope this gets passed around as it's a good tool to raise awareness.

[CaptainBasculin]

Why did Youtube put this video in watched when i never watched it? Weird bug.

[natashamirza]

I'm 35 & experienced short term memory loss.

[neiljohnson]

I watched my father go through this for the last years of his life… My mother is now well along the path of forgetting lots of things… I have several aunts and uncles who have gone this way on both sides of my family.
Now I am terrified that my brother at 64 is starting to show some signs. Now it’s going to come down to my sister and I, now to make some sort of determination and I am terrified for him.

I am younger than my bro and have loved a considerably more healthy lifestyle without the four packs, a day and alcoholism but every time I space out or forget some thing in the normal sense I start to get scared. I hate to think that this is what I’ll be facing in a couple decades, or even sooner.

[GlitchBugger]

I just woke up from my sleep and I saw this video. I don’t ever remember watching this. Strange isn’t it?