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dementiaMental deterioration as a result of physical changes in the brain. It may be due to degenerative change, circulatory disease, infection, injury, or chronic poisoning. Senile dementia, a progressive loss of mental faculties such as memory and orientation, is typically a disease process of old age, and can be accompanied by depression. Dementia is distinguished from amentia, or severe congenital (from birth) mental insufficiency. |
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| People see having a parent dementing or in care as their own personal, isolated tragedy. Furthermore, how is the PC going to provide education to families when their own education does not include an understanding of dementing illnesses? A few dementing illnesses are characterized by rapid cognitive decline and early emergence of neurologic signs. |
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