Someone recently diagnosed with dementia can experience a range of emotions — shock, fear, grief, disbelief or even relief. But the toll weighs on their caregivers as well.

Caregiver Andrea Hughes said her mom, Kristy, had symptoms years before her diagnosis.

“Forgetting where she was driving to, forgetting special dates, forgetting just places within her hometown in Holland that she had been to her entire life and then eventually she could not remember what my name was,” Hughes said.