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Their wordsPeople can be remarkably good at filling gaps in memory with plausible conversation, especially if they've had jobs that involved talking to a lot of people.
Their wordsIn my experience, this only makes the process of providing support harder and slower. Denial, and the delays it brings, gets reinforced by the well-meaning remarks of people who don't see the day-to-day problems.
Their wordsI'm no economist, but I suspect countries could give themselves a decent GDP bump by reducing all the time people have to spend unwinding scams and inappropriate salesmanship while supporting relatives with dementia.
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