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Early stage patterns

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Using Dr. Barry Reisberg's Global Deterioration Scale, early stage dementia is equivalent to his Stages 3 and 4, middle stage is equivalent to his Stages 5 and 6, and late stage is equivalent to his Stage 7, but there is tremendous variation within each of those stages. For example:   In Stage...
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    Carol Bradley Bursack
    Friday, February 20, 2009 at 02:29 PM

    This is very helpful. People tend to get locked into groups too easily, and even every day isn't the same for every person. It helps to read and reaffirm each person's unique pattern within the stages of AD.

    Carol

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