Capability Isn't the Same as Capacity: Understanding the Difference in Dementia

One of the most challenging aspects of supporting someone living with dementia is recognizing that what a person has always been able to do may no longer reflect what they can comfortably or successfully manage today.

Someone may have prepared meals for decades, managed household finances, driven familiar roads, or organized an entire family's schedule. Those abilities have been part of their identity, their indepe...