"Family members are often the invisible victims behind sufferers of dementia," says Pai Ming-chyi, head of behavioral neurology at Tainan's National Cheng Kung University Medical Center. He explains that many times when family members bring a patient in, often they too need to see the doctor, and that "oftentimes the doctor treating the patient with dementia can end up spending even more time working with the family!"
「家屬，常是失智患者背後隱形的病人，」台南成大醫院神經科主任白明奇指出，很多家屬帶著患者就醫時，自己也順便掛號，「治療失智症的醫生，花在家屬身上的時間可能比照顧病人還多！」