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lindiwe

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Patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD) most typically consider the most disturbing symptom to be ____.
 
  a. deterioration of memory
 b. loss of ability to problem solve
 c. loss of ability to think abstractly
 d. deterioration of their physical functioning

Question 2

Dr. Jensen was discussing improvement with Rita and her daughter. Since Rita has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD), what Dr. Jensen most probably means by improvement is that ____.
 
  a. Rita will recover completely
 b. Rita will regain some of her cognitive functioning
 c. Rita's rate of decline will be slowed
 d. as her AD progresses, Rita will be less aware of, and thus less troubled by, her cognitive decline



rosiehomeworddo

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

c



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