Dementia means an illness characterized by multiple cognitive deficits which represent a decline from previous levels of functioning and include memory impairment and one or more of the following cognitive disturbances: aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, and disturbance in executive functioning.
Dementia means a clinical syndrome characterized by a decline in mental function of long duration in an alert individual. Symptoms of dementia include memory loss and the loss or diminution of other cognitive abilities such as learning ability, judgment, comprehension, attention and orientation to time and place and to oneself.
Dementia means the diagnosis of dementia as confirmed by a consultant neurologist or geriatrician resulting in significant cognitive impairment. Significant cognitive impairment means
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Village Ridge takes an individualized activity approach to Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care taking into account resident preferences, interests and personal history in developing an individualized service plan that meets the resident’s personal care assistance needs as well as their social activity needs.
Dementia is currently one of the major causes of disability and death among older people worldwide.
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Dementia means a condition documented through the assessment process required by WAC 388-76-10335.
Dementia means an acquired loss of intellectual functioning (primarily abstract thinking, memory, and judgment) of sufficient severity to interfere with a person’s ability to act independently and perform routine daily activities. Symptoms of dementia can include memory loss and the loss or diminution of other cognitive abilities, such as learning ability, judgment, comprehension, attention and orientation to time and place and to oneself. Dementia is not a disease in and of itself but rather a group of symptoms that accompanies certain diseases and conditions. Dementia can be caused by such diseases as Alzheimer’s Disease, Pick’s Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson’s Disease, Huntington’s Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, multi-infarct dementia, etc.
Dementia means a degenerative condition that causes progressive deterioration of intellectual
Dementia means a deterioration of intellectual function and other cognitive skills, leading to a decline in one's ability to perform activities of daily living.
Dementia means the loss of intellectual function of sufficient severity that interferes with an individual's daily functioning. Dementia affects an individual's memory, ability to think, reason, speak, and move. Symptoms may also include changes in personality, mood, and behavior. Irreversible dementias include but are not limited to:
Dementia means a degenerative condition that causes progressive deterioration of intellectual functioning and other cognitive skills, including but not limited to aphasia, apraxia, memory, agnosia and executive functioning, that leads to a significant impairment in social or occupational function and that represents a significant decline from a previous level of functioning. Diagnosis is by history and physical examination.]
Dementia means the diagnosis of dementia as confirmed by a consultant neurologist or geriatrician resulting in significant cognitive impairment. Significant cognitive impairment means deterioration in the life insured’s mini-mental state examination, or equivalent thereof, scores to 20 or less.