What are your thoughts? Dementia care advice for transgender patients

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[–]peakingatthemomentTranssexual (natal male), HSTS[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Saw this on Ovarit and thought it might be an interesting topic. There was another article on this topic a few years ago.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1363460719876835

It’s a weird thing to think about. I wish there was more information about how old people were when they transitioned or what their background was. I will be old someday and I feel like like this wouldn’t happen, but, the fact it is happening for some people, really should make anyone question just accepting these identities as innate.

This is also worrying! https://www.alz.org/aaic/releases_2021/transgender-adults-cognition.asp#:~:text=However%2C%20it%20is%20known%20that,are%20also%20linked%20to%20an

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This is a really interesting topic, I've been wondering about this and just general aging as a transsexual for a little while, too. From what I understand about preventing Alzheimer's, dementia and cognitive decline with aging, keeping the brain stimulated with new and novel things and curiosities are the best preventative measures, so it might seem like mental inflexibility would be a major risk factor for that sort of decline.

Do you think trans people tend to be more inflexible in thinking and openness to new experiences overall than non-trans people? Do you think maybe only certain types of trans people or people with trans identities do?

I could see people who see themselves as gender fluid or nonbinary as maybe being more mentally flexible and seeking new experiences more so than the average person, trans or not, but those who hold fast to ways they see themselves with less flexibility for evolution of their self-concept being more rigid than most people. But I agree the age of transition, childhood experiences, the sort of life lived and factors like that would probably inform much, like how strong a person's sense of self is.

As far as care is concerned, I'm not sure how to address that--compassionate care might be different from person to person depending on how they see themselves as their brain becomes increasingly dysfunctional.

[–]peakingatthemomentTranssexual (natal male), HSTS[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hi Fleurista, sorry I’ve been so slow to respond! This is an interesting topic!

Do you think trans people tend to be more inflexible in thinking and openness to new experiences overall than non-trans people? Do you think maybe only certain types of trans people or people with trans identities do?

I don’t really know. I feel like some trans people who are very gender focused might be more inflexible in their thinking. It probably isn’t like one group of trans people who could be like that though. A lot of us may have experienced being raised with really traditional ideas about gender and being trans doesn’t necessarily break those for you. I feel like other things in life can, but if you just think you are the wrong sex that’s more of a reinforcement than breaking them down. I’d don’t really know that many trans people well enough to know though. A lot of people are inflexible or lack openness to new things in general, so it’s hard to know if trans people would be better or worse overall.