Examples of dementia in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web An aging artist battles dementia while seeking to relive his past during a folk theatre festival. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024 Frontotemporal dementia is an all-encompassing term for brain disorders that threaten the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, resulting in speech issues, emotional problems and changes in personality. Jack Smart, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024 Zoom out: The former president's father, Fred Trump, was diagnosed with dementia in 1991, at the age of 86, and was later found to have Alzheimer's disease. Sareen Habeshian, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024 Carole Morton, who is wheelchair bound and cares for her husband, who has dementia, put in a request to have the trim on her house painted. Allie Torgan, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dementia 

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“Dementia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dementia. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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