I'm not sure one has to come to terms with their diagnosis right away. Gradual decline and realizing that things aren't the same as they were, usually helps. My Father-in-Law used to try to reorient his wife when she was out-of-touch and then she would get agitated. One day at a time is a good approach. Some people use denial quite well, including caregivers. Eventually things change and people have to come to terms with reality. I wouldn't push too hard/sam

My wife is in stage 5 moving into 6. For the most part she pretty self ware in that she knows that she has dementia and that she can't work and needs help with many things. Her doctor is seeing her very 4 months now that she is in a faster decline. When doctor goes into any details she seems down for a bit after the appointment but I just find a way to devert her attention to something more pleasant. she has always been a pretty easy going person and for the most part she has a good attitude about things. I do not think she knows how things will be in later stages or how fast that will happen and so has a more positive outlook then reality would suggest. Maybe that is the blessing in disguise with this aweful dease .

My husband is very very open in telling others yes he has it, our specialist told us to tell everyone he has it and we did, he's not had any problem admitting it at all! Now we are in the earlier stages but got him on medication very quick!

My husband kept forgetting he had Alz. He would forget something or someone and I said honey remember you have ALZ a memory condition. And he would say oh I forgot about that. Sadly my darling passed away in July. I will never forget him

From what I have been told Alzheimers in the only form of dementia that the patient stays in denial of their problems and shortcomings. I haven't been able to convince my husband what his future is going to entail and have long ago stopped trying. I just go along with him and let him live in his fantasy of a cure or of it going away. He has an evaluation coming up this week and is sure he is going to max it because he is doing so much better. Fortunately, he won't remember the next day how he did and will go back to the story that he is doing so much better and going to beat this.

So to answer your question...yes.