Dementia Mimics
The body’s interconnected systems and organs are dependent upon each other and at times, diagnosis is difficult when disorders present real or apparent memory impairment.
The body’s interconnected systems and organs are dependent upon each other and at times, diagnosis is difficult when disorders present real or apparent memory impairment.
Less than thirty years ago, people were attributing dementia-related symptoms as senility or old age.
Cognitive actions are the skills used to perform daily tasks such as dressing, making decisions or choices, memory recall and language use.
Our brain is the center of all activity within a body and has three main parts that are connected at the brain stem. Although each part has unique responsibilities, some of the functions are shared and work together.
The last time my mother and I took a plane ride was when we were traveling from Washington State to Philadelphia for the wedding of
As a young child, I grew up living in a small row house in Philadelphia with my mother, her parents, and her unmarried siblings. All
Our brain is like a big filing cabinet and a desk with IN and OUT baskets. When we see something, our brain places that information in the IN basket for short term memory.
In the past, it was considered normal for cognitive decline as one aged. As early as 2500 B.C., Egyptian vizier Ptahhotep described the elderly as cognitive abilities vanished as “The heart, void, recalls not the past. …every night becomes more and more childish.”
