Supporting a Loved One with Primary Progressive Aphasia

“When my grandmother began showing symptoms of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) — a form of frontotemporal dementia — in the mid-2010s, it wasn’t something we were familiar with. Our only point of reference was Terry Jones of Monty Python who was diagnosed with PPA in 2015 and died five years later.

It’s only been over the last year or two, with Bruce Willis and Wendy Williams’ diagnoses, that most people have been familiar with it, but it’s been part of my family’s reality for almost a decade.

Now there’s . . .”

https://www.nextavenue.org/supporting-a-loved-one-with-primary-progressive-aphasia