Dominica Yang started noticing changes in her motherโs behaviour in 2012.
โMum had a sharp mind, but one day while preparing dadโs medication, she insisted on emptying the tablets from each packet and became obsessed with counting them. She kept losing count, which made her angry and frustrated,โ says Yang, a Hongkonger, of her usually kind and gentle mother.
As the days and months went on, Alzheimerโs disease โ a type of dementia that affects memory, thinking and behaviour โ tightened its grip.
โIt came very suddenly and very dramatically, like a big cliff drop,โ she says.
