A Call to Selective Dementia Screening | Psychiatric Times

http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/geriatric-psychiatry/call-selective-dementia-screening?rememberme=1&elq_mid=1014&elq_cid=176288

Call to screen for dementia in all vulnerable adults, as they age, particularly but not exclusively non-white persons with lower educational history, and no age limit.
—Johns Hopkins study, 2018

See your doctor. Nearly 20% of adults with dementia don’t realize it! Over 50% of adults with dementia are undiagnosed. (Don’t panic, odds are you are fine)

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