Tear drama in "Lion's Cave": Dagmar Wöhrl leaves the TV studio crying

Created: 04/10/2022 05:46

By: Julia Hanigk

Martin Rütter presents a therapy ball for dementia patients at "Lion's Cave".

Both Judith Williams and Dagmar Wöhrl have affected people in the family.

Wöhrl leaves the set crying.

Cologne - At "Lion's Cave" not only unknown start-ups hope for the investments of the "Lions", but also famous faces again and again.

Martin Rütter (52) presented a ball that is supposed to help people with dementia.

He also shows the effect of the development in a video with those affected – Dagmar Wöhrl (68) tears in his eyes, finally she leaves the set crying.

"Lion's Cave": dementia care start-up moves Dagmar Wöhrl to tears

In "Lion's Cave" Dagmar Wöhrl usually appears as a tough businesswoman.

When Martin Rütter and his team present the "ichó" therapy ball and tell their private stories of those affected, the 68-year-old is visibly moved.

The tool is intended to help slow down the incurable disease and support cognitive abilities.

Dagmar Wöhrl bursts into tears in "Lion's Cave".

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Martin Rütter is also personally involved with the disease: "About ten years ago, my mother suffered from dementia quite vehemently," he explains to Vox.

The famous TV dog trainer explains: “This disease does not only affect the patient, who changes in phases, but above all something with the relatives.

It's been hard for us as a family to see how much mum has changed from being in the role we used to know mum in."

"Lion's Cave": Dagmar Wöhrl leaves the set crying

He is not alone in this, because Dagmar Wöhrl's mother also fell ill with dementia and died from it.

Employees hand the investor handkerchiefs until she is ready to step in front of the "Lion's Den" backdrop again.

There she explains: "Excuse me if I interrupt you, but I only lost my mother to dementia," explains Dagmar Wöhrl.

What is dementia?

As the Federal Ministry of Health describes, dementia often begins with a disturbance in short-term memory and retention.

The further the disease progresses, the more those affected also forget "imprinted contents of long-term memory".

Patients gradually lose skills that they have learned throughout their lives.

Attention, language, the ability to understand and think, and the sense of direction are all impaired.

Dementia is attacking the human being as it was once known.

90 percent of dementia diseases are irreversible.

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Judith Williams then also shares a story in which her voice breaks and she visibly fights back tears: "I've traveled the whole world because I have Alzheimer's and dementia in my family, with the people closest to me. In the end, however, the "ichó" start-up left the "Lion's Den" stage without a deal.

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