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When dementia steals your shared future

My partner was diagnosed with early-onset dementia at 52 and I keep looking at other couples and feeling jealous that they get to grow old together normally.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Anticipatory grief includes mourning not just who we are losing but the life we will never have.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Anticipatory grief — losing someone before they die?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.