"Your wife has dementia, Mr. Janu." Doctor Adrian explained to Janu

"What do you mean, Doctor?" Janu asked confused when he heard the statement of doctor Adrian who was in front of him. Adrian explained that dementia suddenly attacked Kalila, Janu's wife, who was already sixty-five years old.

Yes, dementia, a disease that cannot be denied always attacks the elderly. Dementia is a cognitive degression in the brain in remembering, decreased ability to behave, and decreased ability to speak. Signs of this disease also include loss of memory, difficulty communicating, difficulty carrying out daily activities, and feeling confused or forgetting time and place.

Not only that, but dementia also shows psychological signs that can be seen from changes in behavior, mood, loss of initiative in things that were previously always done, and experiencing hallucinations, paranoia, depression, and anxiety.

Before Janu brought Kalila to the hospital, Kalila was found in a shopping center. There, she suddenly wasn't familiar with the shopping place which she used to visit often. She was confused, why was she suddenly there? Because of that, Kalila suddenly screamed until the shopping center officer called Janu who was struggling to look for Kalila.

When Janu was at the shopping center, he found Kalila lying unconscious in the staff room at the shopping center that Kalila suddenly visited. Janu's two assistants carried Kalila into the car and rushed her to the hospital for immediate treatment.

"It seems that there was a trauma in Kalila's past which is still not fully healed. Then combined with dementia, this is natural." Said Adrian who handled Kalila, continuing his explanation.

Yes, the experience of trauma can indeed affect brain health, one of which is the risk of cognitive decline which will allow someone who has been traumatized to develop dementia in old age.

"It seems my wife has never been traumatized, Doc. My wife is fine so far. There must be something wrong." Janu's comments seem not to accept that Kalila has dementia due to trauma.

"So it's clear that Mrs. Kalila doesn't have any trauma, right, sir?" Ask Adrian to make sure.

Janu seemed to be thinking when Adrian was seen taking a deep breath, trying to explain again to Janu. "It is true that dementia is generally caused by damage from neurons in several parts of the brain. As a result, messages that should be sent by the brain will be cut off and also have some problems. But here, why can I hypothesize that trauma was the initial cause, because I saw hyperactivity in the amygdala part of Mrs. Kalila, where the amygdala is the part of memory storage, both good and bad memory. that can eventually lead to trauma." Adrian explained to Janu.

Janu was silent for a moment when he heard the statement from Doctor Adrian. So far, Kalila has never shown any signs of trauma and his wife has always behaved normally.

"Mr. Janu?"

"Y-ya? How, Doc?" Janu asked Adrian and interrupted his empty mind.

"I suggested Mrs. Kalila for having intensive treatment at the hospital," Adrian asked

"I don't want to do that, doc. I want to be with my wife, I want to spend the rest of my life with Kalila." Janu's Comments

"Yes, I understand, sir. But I'm also worried about your condition. You also have to take care of yourself. You and Mrs. Kalila are already susceptible to disease. Especially with Mrs. Kalila's illness, Mrs. Kalila could suddenly go somewhere if you can't control it. Or, Mrs. Kalila might suddenly get angry and hurt herself and you too."

Currently, Janu is seventy years old already. Yes, his age is already susceptible to disease. This can also be seen in Janu's physical condition, which has weakened, and has to use a cane when walking. Seeing Janu's condition like that, Adrian who took care of Kalila was hesitant to let Janu take care of her.

"Doctor Adrian, you don't need to worry. I have several assistants who will take care of Kalila. I will also hire a nurse to take care of Kalila at my house. And I want you to be my wife's doctor. I will pay whatever it takes." Clear Janu. Janu, who is a successful businessman and comes from a conglomerate family, will never think about the money he has to spend on anything, especially Kalila.

Adrian sighed. He explained to Janu that dementia is very difficult to recover and return to normal. Because over time, brain damage will continue to grow. That's what made Adrian ask Janu to let Kalila have treatment at the hospital. But Janu didn't care about Adrian's explanation

and Janu seemed to beg for Adrian to become Kalila's doctor.

"Okay, sir. I will help you and Mrs. Kalila." Answer Adrian agreed Janu.