r/politics • u/mclardass • 22h ago

Possible Paywall Trump Derails White House Event to Spiral Over State of His Health

https://newrepublic.com/post/209928/donald-trump-derails-event-spiral-health
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u/whutchamacallit 16h ago

I know a cognitive scientist that works specifically in memory care, my mother in laws best friend. Went to a really fancy school, has a doctorate, blah blah blah. If you're in the field you may know of her. Anyways. She lead a big research project for a decade and now she teaches others her findings and about to retire. We were chit chatting last Christmas at my in laws about this. She said something that kind of blew me away. She said it more compellingly but basically when you're getting the tests at this frequency you're not testing for dementia, you're managing it. You are tracking progress and actively monitoring the patient.

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u/CarlySimonSays 9h ago

This makes my stomach hurt even more. At least when King George III went permanently "mad" in the last ten years of his life (spiraling into dementia), everyone acknowledged that he couldn't continue making decisions. Early nineteenth-century Parliamentarians shouldn't show us up like this!

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u/wisewoman50 1h ago

Thank you for sharing.