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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jonas Hassen Khemiri

My dad cursed our family and left us. But after his death, he followed me everywhere

Illustration: R Fresson

My father died nine months ago and last night he drove me home in a taxi.

We knew something was wrong when my father stopped taking his insulin and started leaving his flat at night without his shoes because there were “people in the plants” and the floor was made of “muddy water”. After several tests, he was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia, which causes hallucinations and a rapid decline in cognition.

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