Alzheimer's disease is a progressive condition, which means the symptoms develop gradually and become more severe over the course of several years.
The first sign of Alzheimer's disease is usually minor memory problems. For example, this could be forgetting about recent conversations or events, and forgetting the names of places and objects.
As the condition develops, memory problems become more severe and further symptoms can develop, such as:
- confusion and disorientation
- personality changes, such as becoming aggressive, demanding and suspicious of others
- hallucinations (seeing things that are not there) and delusions (believing things that are untrue)
- problems with language and speech
- problems moving around without assistance
I managed to get in contact with someone from Kent police and rescue who deal with dementia and he send me a powerpoint with lots of information.
Reading through this I could really see what it would be like to have this. I was able to empathise and understand which helped me choose the locations and the style of images I wanted to capture.
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