What is dementia?

[Jancis]

"El perfil de alteration global and las funciones cognitivas hallado en las pruebas, junto con la information que nos de la mujer em relacion al deterioro cognitivo progresivo, asi como la afectacion de su nivel de autonomia e independencia, concuerda con un deterioro organico compatible con una demencia"
Translation"The overall alteration profile and cognitive functions found in the tests, along with the information that we have from his wife concludes definite progressive cognitive deterioration, together with the effect on level of autonomy and independence, consistent with organic deterioration as in dementia "

This was the conclusion from the neuropsychiatric assessment my husband had in Spain recently!

Thank you riveiro1 - that's a truly damning diagnosis. I'm so sorry you had to be confronted with this - with all its esoteric compexity.

[Jancis]

Times newspaper columnist, Melanie Reid (who is paralysed from an accident) wrote about the Paralympics today - she says "Maybe instead of focusing on what the disabled cannot do, the Paralympics will teach us to celebrate what we can. Maybe the question in the future will not be, what's wrong with you, but rather, what's right with you?