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Memory loss
— the effects of age or dementia? | | Author(s) | Iain McIntosh |
| Journal title | Geriatric Medicine, vol 29, no 2, February 1999 |
| Pages | pp 21-22, 24 |
| Keywords | Mental ageing ; Dementia ; Diagnosis ; Drugs ; General practice ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Memory deficit is an early indication of impaired cognitive function and the presence of dementia. However, age-associated memory loss is a feature of advancing years, and affects most older people to a greater or lesser extent. This article considers how to distinguish the normal from the pathological in order to provide reassurance, and where necessary, appropriate management. Short-term memory tests such as the Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT) or the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) can be performed in general practice by doctor or nurse, and are acceptable to the patient if performed on a routine basis as part of other conventional geriatric surveillance. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990310003 A |
| Classmark | D6: EA: LK7: LLD: L5: 4C |
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