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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Saffron Otter

'I'm grieving for my mum who is still alive - dementia makes her a different person'

It started off with forgetting the time and date to progressing to driving through red lights. Two years on after being diagnosed with young-onset dementia, Brenda Peace now struggles to communicate and can't leave the house alone.

Her daughter Rachel Peace, 30, who lives with her 61-year-old mum in Huddersfield and is her carer, says she is grieving for her mum's old self after seeing her dramatically change as her symptoms worsen.

There is a 'dementia devil' living inside of her, as Rachel puts it, causing sudden mood swings and outpours of sweary remarks - which the mum-of–two has no recollection of once the moment has passed.

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