Summary

Know the differences between normal aging and Alzheimer’s


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Expert

Alan Stevens, PhD, Applied Health Researcher at Baylor Scott & White Health

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Published on 9/21/22

Script

ALZHEMIER'S AWARENESS DAY
DR. ALAN STEVENS, DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR APPLIED HEALTH RESEARCH,
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE HEALTH

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TODAY IS WORLD ALZHEIMER'S AWARENESS DAY THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION ESTIMATES FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND TEXANS ARE CURRENTLY LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S OR DEMENTIA- AND THEY EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO INCREASE BY 20 PERCENT BY 20-25.

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DOCTOR ALAN STEVENS WITH BAYLOR SCOTT STUDIES ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA- HE SAYS HE OFTEN GETS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORMAL AGING- AND WHAT COULD BE RED FLAGS FOR ALZEHEIMERS.
HE USES THE EXAMPLE OF MISPLACING YOUR KEYS- WITH NORMAL AGERELATED COGNITIVE DECLINE, YOU MAY MISPLACE YOUR KEYS, BUT EVENTUALLY FIND THEM.

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DR. ALAN STEVENS
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE
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But now when you don't know what a key is, or you don't know that the key is associated with the car. That's, where's the distinction between an everyday problem of, I can't find my keys to one that's going to impair my life

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HE ALSO SAYS THOUGH PEOPLE USE ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA INTERCHANGEABLY- THEY AREN'T THE SAME. DEMENTIA- HE SAYS- IS AN UMBRELLA TERM USED TO DESCRIBE SYMPTOMS, WHILE ALZHEIMER'S IS A SPECIFIC DISEASE.