What is your day to day life like when getting dementia?

Confusing: When getting dementia (and before diagnosis) day to day life can be very confusing. You forget things, and tasks which have been easier are now getting more difficult to get done. Decisions are harder to make. You can't think of words which are right on the tip of your tongue. You run into people you have met before, and cannot recall their names. All this can make for great anxiety and fear.

That depends: It depends on what type of dementia and where one is in the disease.... Dementia in most cases is a 20 year type illness though there are a few rare types that decline much more rapidly. If you know someone with dementia, why don't you talk with them about it.