Table 4. Respondent perceptions of the personality changes seen to be part of a patient’s dementia pathway.

For people with dementia.. there comes a time when ..	Agree with statement % (n)	Disagree with statement % (n)	Unsure/don’t know.. % (n)
.. all you can do is keep them clean, healthy & safe .. others make decisions for those with dementia too much .. ..the person disappears .. the person ceases to be treated as human .. life is not worth living .. they are treated like children	76.8 (930) 49.4 (598) 72.8 (881) 50.0 (605) 34.6 (419) 64.3 (779)	11.9 (144) 18.3 (222) 9.5 (115) 21.7 (263) 39.5 (478) 14.4 (174)	11.3 (137) 32.3 (391) 17.8 (215) 28.3 (343) 25.9 (313) 21.3 (258)
Summary: respondent mainly in agreement with the statements respondent mainly disagreed with the statements respondent expressed mixed opinions–non-decisive respondent mainly expressed no opinion	% (N) 49.4 (598) 6.0 (73) 34.3 (415) 10.3 (125)