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Age related memory impairment
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Difficulties remembering or recalling information or learning new information that occurs with normal aging.
it do not impair a person's ability to carry out normal routines and activities |
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mild cognitive impairment
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Problems with memory, language or thinking process that are noticeable to other people but does not interfere with the person ability to live a normal life
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dementia
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term that is used to describe the group of symptoms that occur with a progressive decline in memory and thinking
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amnesia
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Memory loss
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Short term memory
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Memory of recent events
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Long term memory
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Memory of past
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validation therapy
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Technique for working with those with cognitive impairment or demencia that shows respect for the person's thoughts and feelings and validates acknowledgement what the person believes regardless of the actual truth
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aphasia
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problems with communication resulting from damage to the brain
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expressive aphasia
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The inability to use language to express oneself verbally or in written or both
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receptive aphasia
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The inability to understand communication from others
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agnosia
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The inability to use the five senses to recognize familiar things or people
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apraxia
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The inability to plan and perform purposeful motor movements to complete a task despite having the ability and the desire to perform the task
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hallucinations
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occurs when the person sees, hears, tastes, smells, or feels something that does not exist
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delusions
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A fixed false belief
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paranoia
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Excessive suspicion without cause
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catastrophic reaction
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An intense emotional and behavioral outburst over a seemingly small event see in people with dementia
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delirium
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a change in cognition that has a rapid onset and is related to chemical changes in the body
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