Grandmother With Dementia Receives Doll For Christmas, Her Reaction Will Melt Your Heart

Choosing a Christmas present for a loved one with dementia can be difficult and emotional. But one woman found the perfect gift for her grandmother - a doll.

The elderly woman, known only as Lilly, was gifted the doll by her granddaughter Maxine Daniel.

"My Christmas gift to my lovely Nana Lilly (who sadly has dementia) was a Baby Annabelle doll. Her reaction is a joy to see and melts my heart," Daniel wrote on Facebook.

The touching video has been liked more than 52,000 times since it was shared on Facebook on Sunday.

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Signs Of Dementia

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Struggling to remember recent events, although they can easily recall things that happened in the past (credit:Alamy)

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Repeating themselves or losing the thread of what they are saying (credit:Alamy)

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Forgetting the names of friends or everyday objects (credit:Alamy)

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Feeling confused even when in a familiar environment (credit:Alamy)

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Having problems thinking and reasoning (credit:Alamy)

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Feeling anxious, depressed or angry about their memory loss (credit:Alamy)

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Finding that other people start to comment on their memory loss (credit:Alamy)

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Having difficulty recalling things they have heard, seen or read (credit:Alamy)

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Finding it hard to follow conversations or programmes on TV (credit:Alamy)

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