Senile Dementia Quotes

My grandfather said, "When you become senile, you won't know it."

...Grandpa's mind had left us, gone wild and wary. When I walked with him I could feel how strange it was. His thoughts swam between us, hidden under rocks, disappearing in weeds, and I was fishing for them, dangling my own words like baits and lures.

You can keep your memory intact, preserve your brain's health, and minimize the risk of aging and senile dementia, things that are greatly feared as people grow older.

He had senile dementia and liked to go outside naked, but he could still do two things perfectly: win at checkers and write out prescriptions.

That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly old men, not to age itself.

A lot of people have dementia, which is great, because then they don't recognize me.

Dementia was like a truth serum.

The worst old age is that of the mind.

What really scares me is Alzheimer's or premature senility, losing that ability to read and enjoy and to write. And you do it, and some days maybe aren't so good, and then some days, you really catch a wave, and it's as good as it ever was.

My grandfather had Alzheimer's. He would eat everything and anything that was around; then he wouldn't remember that he ate it and would demand to be fed again.