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Know Your Facts:
What is Dementia?
Published on Fri Nov 15, 2013
Understand the characteristics behind the diagnosis.
Dementia is classified as a psychotic organic disorder, says expert coder Judy Adams with Adams Home Care Consulting in Asheville, N.C.
Dementia develops when the parts of the brain involved with learning, memory, decision-making, and language are affected.
Dementia is characterized by:
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