What does senile dementia uncomplicated mean?

Old terminology: Senile dementia is an old term for what we now call late onset alzheimer's disease.. Uncompicated means without delusions, depression or other behavior disturbance.

Dementia: Senile dementia refers most directly to memory loss and a loss of cognitive functioning that interferes with daily living activities, such that a person can no longer care for themselves. Uncomplicated means that there are no additional symptoms such as anger, anxiety, paranoia, psychosis that also contribute to the disorder and make care planning a more challenging task.

See below: Senile (def. ) is relating to or exhibiting or characteristic of old age, meaning that the onset of dementia is after the age of 65. Uncomplicated means that its form is not as severe as some other dementias, e.g. Alzheimer's.

Usually Alzheimers : before the 1970's Alzheimers was thought to be rare and develop before age 65. It was also wrongly thought that all older people developed senility or dementia. So the term senile dementia was used but this is now known to be late onset Alzheimer's. Uncomplicated usually means without behavior disturbance.