Too Many Choices Confuse Patients With Dementia
Choices are often difficult to make by patients with Alzheimer Dementia. They often become acutely confused when faced with too many options because they are not able to retain in their working memory enough information about the various individual choices available. In this case study, we describe...
Main Authors: | R. C. Hamdy MD, J. V. Lewis MD, A. Kinser PhD, A. Depelteau PhD, R. Copeland MD, T. Kendall-Wilson RN, K. Whalen BA |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-07-01
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Series: | Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2333721417720585 |
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