Direct Stakeholders

Person with Dementia

Profile:

• Lessened ability over cognitive functions
• Memory loss both in the short and long term
• Sudden mood swings
• Loss sense of time
• Irritability
• Paranoia and/or delusions
• Frustration
• Strong longing for the past and nostalgia
• Guilt towards their relatives, colleagues and friends
• Values: focus on adapting to their new cognitive abilities, quality of life improvement, independence and being able to still partake in "normal" life.

Professional Caretaker

Profile:

• Large corpus of knowledge about the illness 
• May change over time
• Large group of individuals
• Hierarchy of knowledge, ability and responsibility
• Lack of time and resources to dedicate to one patient
• Values: professionalism, care and quality of life.

Relative/Friend

Profile:

• Afraid of further memory loss
• Worried about the patient's health
• Might be busy with other responsibilities
• Is still living a, relatively, normal life
• Little knowledge about the illness
• Values: Quality of Life, adapting to the situation and support