Memory Changes With Aging -- What's Normal, What's Not?
Doctor, psychologist who specialize in Dementia and Alzheimer's offer insight on what you can do to cope with and ward off memory loss.
Dementia is not a disease, said Dr. Bruce Abbott, medical director of neurology at Southcoast Brain & Spine Center in Dartmouth, Mass. “We tend to ‘medicalize’ everything,” Abbott said in a session on what people should know about Alzheimer’s and Dementia on Monday afternoon, Dec. 3. “Most people with Dementia live lives that aging creates,” said. “Memory changes with aging.” “You can be competent for one thing and lack the capacity for something else,” said Dr. John Dorn, a psychologist who specializes in neuropsychology for Southcoast. He partnered with Abbott in the session sponsored by the Bayside YMCA at the Barrington library. “And the older you get, the more likely you are to get it,” Abbott said. “And we are all living longer than …
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1:36 pm on Tuesday, December 4, 2012
I must say I disagree with the doctor that dementia is not a disease. Here is why? Not everyone who ages has dementia,no different that diseases such that effect heart or even cancer just to name a few. The effect dimentia has on the person is simply dibilitating. I have watched two physically strong social older gentlemen deteriorate from dementia. It certainly feels like a disease to the person… more ›