Patient (Georgina)

Patient with Dementia:

Profile:

- Moderate dementia

- Moderately severe cognitive decline: May not remember everyone's names, their own address or their number

- Needs help in performing day to day activities, like bathing, eating and going for walks.

- Deals with sundown syndrome, wherein the patient gets moody during the evening time, and may still think it is morning.

- Irrational and unexplainable changes in behavior and mood

Value stories:

As a patient with dementia who likes reading stories, I want someone to read stories to me, so that I can keep up my hobby despite my illness.

As a patient with dementia, I want day to day activities to be as interesting as possible so that I can do them for my wellbeing.