Identify the main neurocognitive disorders discussed in your text, and indicate how likely an average older person is to deal with one of these
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- delirium may result from substance intoxication or medical situations such as anesthesia
- dementia with Lewy bodies occurs when masses of proteins create neuron damage
- vascular dementia is dementia caused by blood vessel problems, especially in stroke
- people with vascular dementia often face a more abrupt and acute onset of symptoms but less cognitive impairment than with Alzheimer's disease
- dementia may be due to Parkinson's disease
- dementia due to Pick's disease is the most wellknown of the frontotemporal dementias
- memory impairments are caused by substances or medical conditions, including anterograde and retrograde amnesia
- Korsakoff's syndrome is a cognitive disorder resulting from long-term thiamine deficiency due to alcohol consumption
- dementia occurs in about 5 to 7% of older persons, although most older people do not have dementia
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daughter. son. daughter-in-law. granddaughter.
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