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Diogenes71 t1_iqwfqca wrote

Reply to comment by 808scripture in There is a deep desire of people with cognitive decline to be connected and stay engaged in a meaningful everyday life. Everyday Experiences of People Living with Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia: A Scoping Review by mightx

Considering it’s possible for them to go the other way, it’s worth investigating.

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mother-of-pod t1_iqy80iy wrote

I think it’s particularly interesting that all 7 spheres of everyday life identified in the study are still desired during decline.

I would’ve assumed people drop their desire to engage in some (say, public opinion) and increase desire for others (relationships, for example). In my own experience, I definitely have felt that some things just don’t matter at all compared to my sense of safety or proximity to loved ones—especially when faced with existential crises. But it does make sense that people want to stay engaged as much as they can with anything they can still think or have feelings about.

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Strazdas1 t1_ir4sdn9 wrote

In my opinion people with the severest mental decline tend to have the strongest desire to engage in public opinion and have lost all pretense at nuance.

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