I mean, I don't think that's exactly fair. Many patients with advanced dementia can't recall lots of other facets of their core identity. You're just as likely to have to talk them down from panicking about being referred to as the wrong gender as you are to remind them of the current year and that you're not their mother. Some multi-lingual people don't even speak their mother tongue!

That said, I'm interested to know exactly how carers are being told to deal with this. Are they even allowed to fib to patients and ''misgender'' them, even if not doing so would bring them more distress?

Oh wait it's here. Jesus..

They also include advice on how to help a transgender person with dementia to maintain their preferred appearance when they can no longer do it themselves.

So we're to force a dress on a man even if he no longer identifies as a woman? What the what now?