However, if you learn how to adapt, your new relationship can be as fulfilling as it’s always been.
In the latest episode of Dementia Australia’s Hold the Moment podcast you’ll hear from Sanna, who cared for her mother, and Col, who is caring for his wife Shirley, about how they have managed changing relationships.
Dementia changes things and it will change your relationship with the person you’re caring for – but you can take steps to make it easier for both of you.
Jim Rogers lives with younger onset dementia and co-hosts the seven-part podcast with journalist and broadcaster Hamish Macdonald, whose father has dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s.