Dementia Quotes

• At 93, so deep in dementia that she didn't remember any details of her life, my mother somehow still knew songs.

  

  Floyd Skloot
  • Life
  • Remember
  • Mother

• I became demented overnight. Sudden onset is one factor that distinguishes my form of dementia from the more common form associated with Alzheimer's disease.

  

  Floyd Skloot
  • Common
  • Alzheimer
  • Dementia

• Sure, I've gotten old. I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees... I've fought prostate cancer and diabetes. I'm half blind, can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, and take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. I have bouts with dementia, poor circulation, hardly feel my hands or feet anymore, can't remember if I'm 85 or 92, but... thank God, I still have my Florida driver's license!

  

  Red Buttons
  • Remember
  • Florida
  • License

• Let's not let our fear of dementia deepen our fear of dementia.

  

  Bill Crawford
  • Fear
  • Dementia

• A lot of people have dementia, which is great, because then they don't recognize me.

  

  Erykah Badu
  • People
  • Great
  • Dementia

• Shakespeare wrote all there is that we need to know about dementia in 'King Lear.

  

  Simon Callow
  • Needs
  • Knows
  • Kings

• There are so many people getting dementia. It is like an epidemic now. It is a terrible disease because once you get it, your life changes completely.

  

  Engelbert Humperdinck
  • People
  • Epidemic
  • Dementia

• I'm really close to my mom, but things with my dad have been different. He has dementia and watching him change, I've actually started to think that it's a purer state for people. Because he operates as if he's a child and everything is new, which seems more honest.

  

  Blake Butler
  • Different
  • Child
  • Honest

• Our goal is to continue to build the pipeline to fight all aspects of disease for all forms of dementia.

  

  Vivek Ramaswamy
  • Goal
  • Dementia
  • Pipeline

• In my opinion, everybody is getting older and older. We have a great deal of dementia because nobody grew old enough to get it.

  

  Michael Caine
  • Opinion
  • Enough
  • Older

• That's the thing with dementia. If you're with somebody who has a serious illness, you can usually talk to them, have a laugh every now and then - the person is still with you. With dementia, there's no conversation; there's no togetherness, no sharing.

  

  Judy Parfitt
  • Conversation
  • Sharing
  • Dementia

• I have a particular passion and focus on Alzheimer's and diseases of dementia. There's just so much scientifically that we don't know, and we can know.

  

  Miles D. White
  • Disease
  • Particular
  • Alzheimer