NR 603 Week 1 Comparison and Contrast Assignment: Dementia and Delirium latest

Dementia is a syndrome that includes a complex cascade of diseases characterized by a myriad of signs and symptoms that affect the brain. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5 th Edition states that a cognitive decline from a previous level of functioning in one or more of the following areas executive functioning, complex attention, language, social cognition, learning memory, and perceptual motor in an indicator of dementia (De Clouet, 2016). Dementia is slow in pro...