People can’t decide whether to laugh or cry at only song grandma with dementia remembers

TikTok viewers can't decide whether to laugh or cry after watching a video of a grandma with dementia singing the only song she remembers.

Grandma Ruby has her own TikTok account where content is uploaded of her life to over 14,000 followers on the popular social media platform.

In a video posted to the account on 30 November, Ruby's grandchild records her jamming out to the iconic song Who Let the Dogs Out by Baha Men.

The clip has gone viral on TikTok, with over 12 million views and 2.5 million likes.

Over the video, text reading 'when my grandma has dementia and this is the only song she remembers' appears alongside a cheeky caption of 'I believe she was the one to let the dogs out' in the video description.

The video was obviously intended for comedic purposes, as the creator hashtagged the video with the word funny.

But some people in the comment section have admitted to feeling sad after watching the video, with many linking it to their own experiences of dementia in their family.

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One person said: "This brought tears to my eye because my grandma died from Vasculin dementia only two days ago."

A second added: "My grandma has it to its sad to just watch them suffer."

And a third said: "It reminds me so much of my grandma she always remembered God bless America."

However, there were also people in the comment section who found the sweet and funny side of the video.

"Omg my grandma has dementia and she knows this song to🥰🥰😂," one person said.

Another added: "This really mad me smile..."

And a third said: "This is so funny and awesome at the same time."

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According to the NHS, dementia is a group of related symptoms associated with an ongoing decline of brain functioning.

Symptoms of the disease may include problems with memory loss, thinking speed, mental sharpness and quickness language, such as using words incorrectly, or trouble speaking, understanding, judgement, mood, movement and difficulties doing daily activities.

While there is no cure for dementia, new ways to treat the disease and slow down its progress are being researched all the time.

Over 850,000 people in the UK have dementia, with it estimated more than a million people will be living with it in the UK by 2025.