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Question: Tom has been diagnosed with Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type. Memory losses associated with this diagnosis tend to be of what type?    Explain.

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Dementia is a general term given for memory loss and delays of other cognitive abilities and may not have a proper diagnosis. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia. Dementia is a broader term given for symptoms of memory loss. Alzheimer’s is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain that gradually causes impairment in the brain and other cognitive functions.

Symptoms: the most common symptom the early stage of Alzheimer’s is difficulty in remembering newly acquired information. This is because Alzheimer’s affects the area of the brain that is involved in learning. As the disease progresses, it leads to severe symptoms like loss of orientation to time and place, difficulty in performing familiar task, difficulty in writing and speaking fluently, losing things, poor judgement, losing interest in regular day to day activities.