Hint
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Answer
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Dementia is characterized by
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Impairment on memory (short-term and long-term) plus one of 4 conditions
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Langauge Disturbance
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Aphasia
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Disturbance in carrying out motor activities
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Aproxia
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Disturbance in object recognition
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Agnosia
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Problems in _____, _______, _______, ______
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Planning, Organizing, Sequencing, Abstracting
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The previous problems are characterized by a disturbance in
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Executive Functioning
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Dementia significantly interferes with
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work and/or social activities
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Dementia represents a
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Decline from previous levels of functioning
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Diagnosis is only made when
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reasonable cause impairment is due to medical conditions
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Over _______ Americans have dmenetia
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5 million
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This number may _____
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triple
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within the next ___ years
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50
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Overall rate of dementia is greater than, less than, or equal in men and women?
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equal
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Most common form of dementia
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Alzheimer's Disease
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This makes up what % of all dementia cases?
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80%
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Estimates are that between ___ and ____ people in the US have this
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5.2 and 5.4 million
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__% of those age 65-69 have this
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2
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__% of those age 71-79 have this
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5
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__% of those age 80-89 have this
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24
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__% of those age 90+ have this
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37
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It is more prevalent in ____
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women
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because on average they live _____
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longer
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than ____
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men
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