The Memory Fadeout ; the What, How and Why of Dementia, a Dreaded Disease That Is Looming Large Over the Nation. How Serious Is the Threat?
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If you ever saw a house filled with lights and someone turning those off one by one, then you know what happened to her brain. The first signs were small and all too easy to dismiss.
She started losing words and could barely sustain a conversation. Slowly, as the spreading darkness of Alzheimer's took over, she forgot how to cook, tell the time on a clock, dial a phone and speak five out of six languages she knew.See the full content of this document
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The Memory Fadeout ; the What, How and Why of Dementia, a Dreaded Disease That Is Looming Large Over the Nation. How Serious Is the Threat?
She also lost all the favourite tunes that she hummed aloud all her life. For the gutsy mother, who worked tirelessly to bring up two children after the sudden death of her husband, snapping pea pods takes concentration lots of it now. There's no cure and no way to stop the lights fromturning offin her brain. At least, not yet.
Not yetis the operative word, full of wonderful deniability. For few recognise that a deme...See the full content of this document
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