Beth RN
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Can we stop hurling the word dementia around as an insult? Dementia is a specific (often devastating) disease process.

Normal patterns of aging include increased cognitive processing time and inarticulate speech due to weakening lingual muscles. These things are normal and do not = dementia.
11:09 AM - Feb 10, 2024
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just alex
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In response to Beth RN.
Thank you for saying this. Though it’s a bit surprising to me that you would have to.
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03:53 PM - Feb 11, 2024
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Heather Nesbit
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In response to Beth RN.
Yes, thank you!
10:38 AM - Feb 11, 2024
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Carol Brown
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In response to Beth RN.
Well said. My mother died from a form of Dementia, Alzheimer’s, it was a long and slow and awful process.
10:07 AM - Feb 11, 2024
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Russ Cole
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In response to Beth RN.
During President Biden's speech the other evening addressing the Special Council's findings, did anybody notice the first half of the speech was "quotation". Not once did he look at a note or a prompt. He does not have dementia. Squirm on it!
03:57 PM - Feb 10, 2024
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Stewart Tan
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In response to Beth RN.
Amen!! 🙏

I think memory (or the lack of) is a lousy / lazy proxy for measuring cognition. People use it because it’s something they can easily observe
11:32 AM - Feb 10, 2024 (Edited)
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Susan Simon
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In response to Stewart Tan.
Exactly! Just like in school where they focus on standardized tests, which have never measured smarts or intellect but only memory for facts.
01:48 PM - Feb 10, 2024
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Carol Brown
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In response to Stewart Tan.
Traumatic memories can be particularly hard to verbalize. It does not mean they are forgotten. It means they are hard to articulate especially to strangers.
10:08 AM - Feb 11, 2024
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PS Annie
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In response to Beth RN.
Thank you Beth. I wish I could like this 10000x!
11:26 AM - Feb 10, 2024
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