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No, the brain is actually being slowly destroyed periodically. And eventually it's going to reach the parts of the brain where you can't swallow any longer. Then you die from that kind of thing. You also can lose your sense of hunger. Like you just aren't hungry anymore. Yeah.

Kind of tough to eat, especially when you're not thinking or remembering that you should eat when you're just not hungry ever. Yeah. It's a tough one.

Kind of tough to eat, especially when you're not thinking or remembering that you should eat when you're just not hungry ever. Yeah. It's a tough one.

Kind of tough to eat, especially when you're not thinking or remembering that you should eat when you're just not hungry ever. Yeah. It's a tough one.

Hygiene, reduced hygiene is a big one. A lot of times in severe dementia cases. You either are unable to bathe and dress yourself and brush your teeth or you forget to. It just falls by the wayside. I know that was the case with my grandmother. She needed to be bathed by my dad.

Hygiene, reduced hygiene is a big one. A lot of times in severe dementia cases. You either are unable to bathe and dress yourself and brush your teeth or you forget to. It just falls by the wayside. I know that was the case with my grandmother. She needed to be bathed by my dad.

Hygiene, reduced hygiene is a big one. A lot of times in severe dementia cases. You either are unable to bathe and dress yourself and brush your teeth or you forget to. It just falls by the wayside. I know that was the case with my grandmother. She needed to be bathed by my dad.

Because she lost interest in it or because she just couldn't do it anymore?

Because she lost interest in it or because she just couldn't do it anymore?

Because she lost interest in it or because she just couldn't do it anymore?

I think both.

I think both.

I think both.

Yeah. Yeah. Um, that's another indicator. You said that when you go in for a diagnosis, the doctor is going to be watching you and just kind of sizing you up. One of the things they'll look for is whether you look disheveled.

Yeah. Yeah. Um, that's another indicator. You said that when you go in for a diagnosis, the doctor is going to be watching you and just kind of sizing you up. One of the things they'll look for is whether you look disheveled.

Yeah. Yeah. Um, that's another indicator. You said that when you go in for a diagnosis, the doctor is going to be watching you and just kind of sizing you up. One of the things they'll look for is whether you look disheveled.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's a big one. And especially if your son or daughter is saying like, this is really bizarre behavior because mom always like dressed to the nines.