If you want to preserve family stories before it is too late, you need to start before you think you are ready. Not next visit. Not next Christmas. Now. 90% of people think documenting family history is important. Fewer than 40% actually do it. That gap is not laziness. That is life getting in the way. But here is what most people do not think about. Around 25 to 30% of people aged 80 and over will experience some form of dementia. When that happens, it is not just the facts