Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) may develop in people with Alzheimer’s disease. Aphasia is an impairment of speech and language comprehension which also affects the ability to read and write.

The findings have been published in the journal Aphasiology. Aphasia is a severe speech disorder, often resulting from a stroke, in which individuals lose the ability to speak coherently.

The 60-year-old media mogul has been under conservatorship since 2022 and is speaking out about the experience.

In psychotherapy, you speak in a private setting with a trained therapist. Depression in the elderly can worsen the problems associated with aging. It isn’t always easy to diagnose, but proper ...

sgul.ac.uk Background Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a clinical syndrome characterised by progressive decline in components of the language system. Recent evidence suggests that the ...

Sleep disorders are fairly common in older adults, resulting in many getting less sleep than they need. This may be due to reasons including: medications health issues underlying sleep disorders ...

The 60-year-old and her niece Alex Finnie told listeners that she is “trapped” in a facility in New York with elderly patients ... frontotemporal dementia and aphasia, according to her team ...

Mania should be included in the differential diagnosis of elderly patients with relatively ... with speech and finding the right word (aphasia), and short-term memory loss (eg, finding their ...