La demenza. La perdita delle funzioni cognitive e relazionali. Ma anche dell’autonomia (capacità di regolarsi) e dell’autosufficienza (capacità di bastare a sé stessi) nelle attività della vita quotidiana. Da qui l’inevitabile binomio: la persona con demenza e chi se ne prende cura (il caregiver). Con i bisogni dell’uno che sfumano...
“… I’ve been kickin’, help me please / Hear me prowlin’ / I’m gonna take you down / Hear me growlin’ / Yeah, I’ve got flatted feet now, now, now, now / Hear me howlin’ / And all, all around your street now / Hear me knockin’ … “ [M...
Cognitive decline or dementia is commonly observed in advanced aging even in the absence of disease. On the other hand, aging is frequently associated with physical and mental illness that evolve into cognitive and behavioral disorders. Memory loss, language difficulties, troubles in carrying out motor functions, failure to identify objects,...
