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Dementia Impairmentia

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People are living longer than ever before, due to the improvement in health care and scientific development . In the first comprehensive study of the elderly in Egypt in 2008, they suspect that in 2015,elderly people will constitute 11 percent of the population and in 2050; over a fifth(1). One of the major consequences of this growth, dementias 'prevalence will increase worldwide (2) . Dementia is defined as" an acquired, generalized, and usually progressive impairment of cognitive function that affects the contents, not the level of consciousness "(4,5).It is considered the main chronic disease leading to disability, and dependence in older people worldwide(3). The vast majority of patients with dementia irrespective of

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