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My sister has dimentia and cannot control her bladder. is this normal?
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Intellcutual decline: Dementia is characterized by decline in higher fn. Of brain-called cognitive dysfunction. Affects memory, judgement, reasosning , and behaviour. With progression of the disease people's association between things is lost. They may know they need to urinate- they may not tell , or they themselves may not know by themselves they need to. The care givers help with these activities at home , in a n.Home.
Answered 3/17/2013
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