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dementia

noun as in a brain disease/disorder

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If one of you has dementia, for instance, there may be special plans and programs that could cover more services.

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His family had worked to raise awareness of young onset dementia since his diagnosis, and charity Alzheimer's Research UK said someone of his standing speaking so openly had had a big impact.

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Ron has a piano at home but doesn't really play it now because of his dementia, but after being given the chance to play the famous Wurlitzer organ after their dance he couldn't resist.

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Nicklaus, 85, who won a record 18 major tournaments as a pro golfer, also alleged that the company wrongly said that he had dementia.

As explained by Suraj Samtani, a clinical psychologist with the University of New South Wales, dementia symptoms can be remediated through an immersion in the places—and among the people—of one’s early life.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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