It is generally accepted that there are three main stages of dementia – early, middle and late.
People with dementia and their family often want to know how their condition will progress so they can make decisions and plan for the future.
However, this is difficult to predict as dementia affects people in different ways depending on factors like the type of dementia, age, general health and lifestyle.
Some people’s dementia progresses rapidly, while for others, the changes happen more slowly over the course of months or years.
While dementia progresses differently for everyone, in the middle stages, the mild problems that the person first experienced become more pronounced and start to affect their ability to live without some form of support.
These are some of the changes you might notice.