Intro to general dementia Flashcards
1
Q
What is dementia in chill terms?
A
Undoing of the mind
2
Q
What is dementia more clinically?
A
Evidence of significant cognitive decline in at least 1 cognitive domain- attention, executive learning and memory, language perception, motor or social cognition
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-Cognitive deficits interfere with independence in everyday activities
-They are not better explained by another process/don’t occur exclusively in context of delirium
3
Q
Who gets dementia?
A
Aging is biggest RF
