Only 33 years old

What it’s like when your daughter suffers from early dementia

Tina (33) has to be cared for in a nursing home due to her severe dementia. Mother Manuela Lagler with "Krone" editor Christoph Gantner.

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Tina (33) from Traun experienced as a child how her father fell ill with Alzheimer's at an early age. Now the disease has also affected her. Her mother Manuela (59) first cared for her husband and now her daughter. In an interview with "Krone", she describes the difficult moments of change.

Tina grew up as a happy child. But at just eight years old, she had to witness her beloved dad being diagnosed with Alzheimer's at the age of 40. "She had to experience the progression of the disease first-hand during her childhood and adolescence, but was a huge support to me at the time when I was caring for her. She accompanied her dad until he passed away at the age of 47," says her mother Manuela Lagler. Then it hit her too.