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How does dementia affect someone's physical health?
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Dementia: All types of dementia have memory loss in common. Said memory loss endangers one's health via number of issues. Forgetting to take medications. Forgetting to eat. All this leads to premature death. But also getting lost. Leaving burners on. Walking into traffic. Not to mention financial & legal problems from inappropriate decisions, again b/c memory loss. Check out www.alz.org.
Answered 3/30/2015
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