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From Longman Dictionary

de‧men‧tia /dɪˈmenʃə, -ʃiə $ -tʃə/ noun [uncountable]

an illness that affects the brain and memory, and makes you gradually lose the ability to think and behave normally

Example

Specialist, separate services for dementia sufferers v Negative segregation, that is, the refusal to accept dementing people into a service

However, dementia is seen as being specific to the elderly age groups

This is especially so when a diagnosis of dementia blinds works to remaining skills

Subjects – All patients with onset of dementia aged 40-64

Interestingly, the dementia from this disease has different characteristics than the symptoms of Alzheimer’s