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How to keep dementia from robbing your loved ones of their sense of personhood – tips for caregivers
How to keep dementia from robbing your loved ones of their sense of personhood – tips for caregivers Dementia affects millions of people worldwide, with over 6 million living with dementia in the US and 57 million globally, and is predicted to double by 2060. The social stigma associated with cognitive decline can exacerbate the […]
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Listen: How dementia changes how people act
Listen: How dementia changes how people act Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease in people under the age of 65, and one of its key signs is changes in behavior. A neurologist, Bruce Miller, has spent decades observing people with FTD at the University of San Francisco’s Memory and Aging Center to […]
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