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How dementia makes the digital deaths of others feel fresh again

My father has dementia and keeps trying to log into accounts for dead relatives and gets confused and angry when the passwords do not work.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Cognitive decline can trap people in repetitive cycles of rediscovering loss through failed digital connections.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Data and privacy after death?”

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