Your friend, who you have not heard from in a while, calls and tells you that her grandmother has dementia. She goes on to say that the doctor said that her grandmother has Alzheimer's, but she said, "I'm not worried
She doesn't have Alzheimer's, just dementia." Explain the inaccuracy of this comment and include information about the progression of the disease.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Dementia refers to loss of cognitive function severe enough to interfere with activities of daily living. Alzheimer's is the most common type of dementia; prevalence rises steeply after age 75. At first, people may merely forget names of objects or recent events, but in later stages they may forget names of loved ones and they may wonder off not remembering how to get home.
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In stringing these two words together, Timmy took a giant step in his language development. Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A) high distraction showed no difference between the effects of coffee and placebo conditions B) low distraction resulted in no difference between the effects of coffee and placebo conditions C) high and low distraction conditions produced about the same effect overall D) low distraction produced a higher effect in the coffee compared to placebo condition E) the coffee condition generally produced a greater focus on peripheral aspects of the message
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