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Dementia care: Doing this activity for longer than normal could be a sign of the disease
2019-08-20
[Express] DEMENTIA is now the UK’s biggest killer among the elderly with someone developing the condition every three minutes. A person doing a certain activity longer than normal could be a sign of the disease. What is it?
Now where is that Burg link? Do I have to call Fred again ?
Dementia said on their website: "Dementia is usually caused by degeneration in the cerebral cortex, the part of the brain responsible for thoughts, memories, actions, and personality.

"Death of brain cells in this region leads to the cognitive impairments that characterise dementia.

"Most disorders associated with dementia are progressive, degenerative, and irreversible. The two major degenerative causes of dementia are Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia."

Symptoms vary between Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia, but there are broad similarities between them all.

Alzheimer’s disease international said: "The most common signs are memory loss and the loss of practical abilities, which can lead to withdrawal form work or social activities.

A person with dementia may become very passive, sitting in front of the television for hours, sleeping more than usual, or appear to lose interest in hobbies."
Posted by:Besoeker

#5  But Skid, you have such nice, silky hair on the palms of your hands...
Posted by: ed in texas   2019-08-20 16:32  

#4  A person doing a certain activity longer than normal could be a sign of the disease. What is it?

Masturbating?
Posted by: Skidmark   2019-08-20 16:16  

#3  Oh, oh. I've doing Rantburg regularly for about 15 years or so. I feel better informed. The left might say demented.
Posted by: JohnQC   2019-08-20 15:47  

#2   passive, sitting in front of the television for hours, sleeping more than usual, or appear to lose interest in hobbies.

Uhhh, sounds like retirement to me.
Posted by: AlanC   2019-08-20 15:26  

#1  Might as well burn money on anti-aging than research dementia in the elderly. It's cell-death, the bloody thing has got to die, right ? It's classic entropy.

Basically, enjoy your life while you still can. If you're messiahnically inclined, make it 'mean something'. I think enjoying it is better though.

"Life should be great rather than long." - Indian know-it-all
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-08-20 14:21  

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