About 10 to 15 percent of adults age 65 and older are
believed to have mild cognitive impairment — a condition commonly characterized
by memory problems, well beyond those associated with normal aging.
Cognition encompasses lots of different skills, including
perception (taking in information from our sensory organs), memory, learning,
judgment, abstract reasoning (thinking about things that aren't directly in
front of us), problem solving, using language, and planning.
I heard this question the other
day and like most people who’ve never heard of MCI I’d never heard of SCI.
For those with MCI it is when a person has
trouble remembering, learning new things, concentrating, or making decisions
that affect their everyday life.
In more severe cases, cognitive impairment is not simply
forgetting people's names, and the symptoms progress to the point that it
becomes difficult to live alone or take care of oneself.
People with severe cognitive impairment have a very
hard time remembering things, making decisions, concentrating, or learning.
Patients with severe impairment might have difficulty feeding themselves or
swallowing, which can be life-threatening.
Cognitive impairment does
not have a single cause, but rather could be the result of a number of
different conditions.
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