The essential characteristics of dementia include multiple cognitive deficits, including impairment of memory and at least one other. Which of the following other criteria must be met for the diagnosis of dementia?
a. severe loss of sleep
b. poor judgment
c. disturbance and decline in everyday functioning
d. agitation and aggression toward caregivers
C
The impairment must be significant enough to cause a disturbance of everyday functioning and a decline from previously higher level functioning for a diagnosis of dementia to be made. In addition to impairment of memory, either aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, or a disturbance in executive functioning must be present as well.
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