senile dementia

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Recent Examples of senile dementia An investigation found that Batt befriended Lineman, who had senile dementia and required a live-in aide to help her with all daily activities, according to the district attorney’s office. Lesley Cosme Torres, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025 Age and Memory: The hippocampus plays an important role in memory and is one of the brain regions most affected by senile dementia. IEEE Spectrum, 21 June 2017 Patients with vascular dementia had the highest risk of contracting COVID-19 — with odds more than three times higher — followed by patients with presenile dementia, senile dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and post-traumatic dementia. Julie Washington, cleveland, 3 Mar. 2021 Many suffered from senile dementia or other debilitating conditions, and the intent was to protect them from injury in accidental falls. Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2020 In a 1907 paper, Fischer described neuritic plaques that were present in the brains of 12 senile dementia patients, compared to the single case study Alzheimer published that same year. Lauren Caruba, ExpressNews.com, 17 Dec. 2019 Six years ago, Lederman was diagnosed with senile dementia. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Oct. 2018 While struggling to find the right English, Conte described the 54-year-old as 'demenza senile', which translates to senile dementia. SI.com, 6 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for senile dementia
Noun
  • My father handled most of the issues but now suffers from dementia, so there are a lot of unknowns.
    Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2025
  • But people with dementia do actually live in the moment.
    Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • In another scenario, New Berlin police officers responded to a woman who was loitering and recognized signs of schizophrenia and PTSD.
    Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025
  • On Facebook in 2023, Rudd said he was given antipsychotic medications to treat schizophrenia.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • What Clara endured is an aberration, but Burton draws attention to how cultural norms around pregnancy suppressed Clara’s ability to successfully communicate what was happening to her.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 July 2025
  • Advertisement Currently, about 6,000 rare diseases affect 300 million people worldwide, and 72% of them are linked to genetic aberrations.
    Alice Park, Time, 8 July 2025
Noun
  • Don't do anything that may have long-term consequences for the recipient, such as trouble sleeping, an inability to reestablish trust, and lingering paranoia.
    Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
  • As paranoia rises, suspicions and secrets are forced into the light, and the locals start to realize there is a serial killer hidden amongst them.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 1 July 2025

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“Senile dementia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senile%20dementia. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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