DEMENTIA'S FIRST WARNING IS NOT MEMORY LOSS 1. Forgetting names and losing keys is the last sign, not the first. 2. By the time memory slips, dementia has been building for years. 3. A change in personality shows earlier, and everyone sees it before you. 4. Slower reactions, harder problem solving and a weaker grip come first. 5. Underneath it all, brain cells are not getting enough fuel. 6. The first thing to fade is your sense of smell. 7. The nerves for smell run from your sinuses straight into the brain, with no relay in between. 8. Most people notice food losing its taste. 9. Try the kitchen test by smelling spices with your eyes closed, one at a time.

Dementia patients gradually lose social inhibitions, empathy and shame, forcing those who love them to ask: How much of the self endures? Read more from Robert Kolker: 🔗

This dementia-ridden lunkhead will keep repeating the "nobody knew the word dumb has a b" lie forever, but WE'RE the ones with "TDS" for calling out how ridiculous it is. 8-year-olds know the word has a B. He's the President. He is dumb, with a B.