Assertion: dementia | /r/HasProperty | diagnosed
Facets:
value: more effectively
type: MANNER
value: based on the medical history
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: … dementia is diagnosed only when both memory and another cognitive function are each affected severely enough to interfere with a person's ability to carry out routine daily activities.
text: Dementia is diagnosed when a cognitive skill becomes impaired so much that a person can no longer get along independently.
text: Therefore dementia can often have reached quite an advanced stage before it is finally diagnosed.
text: While dementias are diagnosed based on the medical history and physical examination, certain features on imaging studies can suggest different types of dementia, such as Alzheimer's or Lewy body dementia.
text: The main way dementia is diagnosed is by evaluating the patient.
text: After dementia is diagnosed, it usually follows a three-stage, downward trajectory.
text: There is also a suggestion that dementia is now being more effectively diagnosed.
text: Cognitive impairments identified in 1 do not meet the criteria for delirium, or if delirium is present, dementia was diagnosed when delirium was not present.
text: Dementia is only diagnosed if your thinking and memory problems are serious enough to affect your ability to carry out everyday tasks.
text: When a dementia like Alzheimer’s disease is first diagnosed, if everyone understands that there is no cure, then plans for the end of life can be made before thinking and speaking abilities fail and the person with Alzheimer’s can no longer legally complete documents like advance directives.