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Key features and symptoms of dementia
A person with dementia (who will rarely be under the age of 60) will have some of the following features and symptoms:
• forgetting important things like names of friends or relatives
• losing her way in familiar areas such as in the village or home
• becoming irritable or losing her temper easily
• becoming withdrawn or appearing depressed
• laughing and crying for no reason
• having difficulty following conversations
• not knowing what day it is or where she is (disorientation)
• talking inappropriately or irrationally
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