What Is True About Alzheimer's Disease and Relationships

question 11

Multiple Choice

What is true about Alzheimer's disease and relationships?

• A) The need for companionship and intimacy declines as cognitive abilities deteriorate.
• B) Committed,healthy relationships can slow the cognitive decline caused by Alzheimer's disease.
• C) Following the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease,even the most committed of relationships dissolve.
• D) Although cognitive abilities deteriorate,the ability for love and intimacy persists.

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Definitions:

Perceptual Skills

Abilities enabling individuals to recognize, organize, and make sense of information through the senses.

Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant was an 18th-century German philosopher known for his critical philosophy, particularly the Critique of Pure Reason, emphasizing the limits of human knowledge and the role of moral imperatives.

Perceptual Understanding

The interpretation and cognitive processing of sensory information to form a coherent understanding of the environment around us.

Nurture

The care and encouragement provided for the physical, emotional, and social development of an individual.