Jenke loses his memory Dementia is already one of the most widespread age-related diseases in our society. 1.5 million people are affected. If research does not succeed in achieving a breakthrough in therapy soon, this number will increase dramatically in the coming years. But what does it really feel like to be demented and lose your memory? RTL reporter Jenke von Wilmsdorff does the self-experiment and under hypnosis, she lets herself be put into a state of dementia. He experiences on his own body what it is like when important brain functions such as memory and orientation fail. For his experiment, Jenke lives for a week in a shared flat with dementia sufferers and experiences ups and downs together with them. Jenke also meets the family of a 63-year-old dementia sufferer from Cologne who was diagnosed a year ago.
