Your Friend,who You Have Not Heard from in a While,calls

question 278

Essay

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.

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