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Is it true that dementia/mci requires a evidence decline from previous ability to be diagnosed? and not based on testing alone?
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Some cases of dementia/mci, unlike Alzheimers disease, remain stable for a year or more. There is no one test for dementia. The diagnosis of true dementia requires thorough history taking, interviews with family members, elimination of presence of depression, substance abuse, side effects of meds,hearing&visual disabilities being mistaken for cognitive loss,untreated medical conditions& cog testin
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Yes, dementia does represent a cognitive change which is ongoing and progressive. Many causes exist and the vast majority of tests search for reversible etiologies
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