Cognitive Decline & Dementia in Ohio

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Cognitive decline, which is often associated with early signs of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, is the deterioration of the activities of thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering. Cognitive decline is defined in this report as the prevalence (percentage) of adults age 45 and older who reported having increased confusion or memory loss in the past 12 months that is happening more often or is getting worse.