What is the life experience of someone with dementia or Alzheimer's?

[LSLGuy]

Here’s a thread from 2017 on a nearby point:

Dementia - Reports from the Inside??

I’m seeking info on any research or quality reporting on the subjective experience of dementia sufferers. IOW, what do they think of their condition? How aware are they as they descend the functional ladder? Once mostly out of it, is their blank time internally placid, internally turbulent, or simply absent? Does anyone really know? I’m mostly interested in ordinary senile dementia, with a side helping of TIA- and stroke-related brain dysfunction. Not specifically interested in Alzheimer’s b…