Table 1 Summary of symptoms of dementia as reported by participants
From: Social representation and practices related to dementia in Hai District of Tanzania
PWD | Caregivers |
|---|---|
"Memory loss" | "Forget the road or people, including their own children" |
"Forget things or places" | "Forget to eat or to change clothes" |
"Forgetting people" | "Lost in conversation" |
"Repeating same stories" | "Talking stories of the past" |
| Â | "Difficult in keeping change during business- returning more or less change" |
| Â | "Sitting in one place for a very long time" |
| Â | "Doing/repeating the same things twice or more" |
| Â | "Shouting during the night" |
| Â | "Difficulty in eating" |