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In her prime, Dorothy Johnson was quite a woman. Not only was she an international bridge player, an active social organiser, she was entrepreneurial in the way she thought.

But, what happens when someone like this, who was known for her intelligence, suddenly develops dementia?  Is there something of that original sharpness of mind that can somehow overcome the crisis of the mind?

When, at 59, Dorothy started to show symptoms of dementia and simultaneously to provide illuminating chinks of information about what was happening to her, her daughter Penny watched and listened attentively. She remembers the day Dorothy, feeling agitated, stood in her kitchen brandishing a milk bottle and asking where the fridge was. "I wouldn't be asking if I didn't need the information," Dorothy explained.

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