Did you forget where you put your keys again? Forget to get eggs at the grocery store? These are common memory lapses. They happen with age. Absent-mindedness is one common and often unavoidable downfall of getting old. But, when you have noticeable memory difficulties like experiencing confusion about where you are, then your loved ones start questioning your lucidity. And then Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia become part of the discussion.
Host:
Jonathan Fialkow, M.D., Chief of Cardiology at Baptist Hospital and Chief Population Health Officer at Baptist Health.
Guest:
Raphael Wald, Psy.D., Neuropsychologist, Marcus Neuroscience Institute, at Boca Raton Regional Hospital part of Baptist Health