University of Gothenburg

Early identification of dementia increasingly difficult

Published in Elder Law Weekly, June 17th, 2009

If grandma seems to forget things, will she end up demented' These days, memory loss is one of the very few symptoms that may signal which 70-year-olds risk developing dementia. This is shown in a doctoral thesis at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Several of the tests previously used to predict which elderly individuals risk developing dementia do not seem to work any longer. The thesis shows that memory loss is the only factor that can still be used to indicate who is at risk, although not among the very old.

The study compared nondemented 70-year-olds examined in the early 1970s with nondemented 70-year-olds...

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Source: Elder Law Weekly (2009-06-17)

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