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[–] Blood-is-Nature 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

A little over a year from my experience, with the first signs being delayed reactions and losing of thoughts. The more advanced it gets the less they react to anything. At that point they will surprise you many times by becoming lucid out of the blue, which you then patiently are waiting for to get another chance of dialog. I remember having a whole list of topics written down a piece of paper, which I would fire out the second I was recognized. It's a rather emotional experience, but with little physical distress in the deterioration process.

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[–] drhitler [S] 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

was not recognizing people a common early symptom?

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[–] Blood-is-Nature 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Not people specifically, but generally reaction to anything. Like shutting down mentally in the middle of a sentence and then coming back minutes later at the same point, or just stop in the middle of a meal for 10-20 minutes at a time, just to come back complaining why the food is cold. Tears of joy for me every-time that happened. That really teaches one how valuable life can be.

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[–] Phantom42 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Absolutely real, and it is a shitty way to watch someone go or just way to go.

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[–] BrennKommando 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Dementia comes in many shapes and forms. For some it will develop at an extreme pace basically turning otherwise sound and coherent people into toddlers in a relatively short amount of time. For others it might take many years and not be all that impactful in terms of their day to day lives. Like they will forget your name, but still remember that they know you.

From what I've seen, Joe does appear to be sliding, but I wouldn't say he's hit that badly yet. Add 4 years and things will look very different though. Someone should give him the "clock test" really.