How might a clinician differentiate between the cognitive impairment seen in Alzheimer's clients and the deficits seen in clients suffering from vascular neurocognitive disorder?
A. Clients with Alzheimer's suffer only from cognitive losses while clients with vascular neurocognitive disorder suffer from physical deterioration along with cognitive losses.
B. Clients with Alzheimer's suffer from selective cognitive losses while clients with vascular neurocognitive disorder suffer from global losses.
C. Clients with Alzheimer's follow a gradual pattern of cognitive deterioration while clients with vascular neurocognitive disorder show a stepwise deterioration in cognitive functioning.
D. Clients with Alzheimer's suffer from physical deterioration along with cognitive losses while clients with vascular neurocognitive disorder suffer only from cognitive losses.
Answer: C
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