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Dementia is not merely a problem of memory.

It reduces the ability to learn, reason, retain or recall past experience and there is also loss of patterns of thoughts, feelings and activities ( Gelder et al.

2005 ).

Additional mental and behavioral problems often affect people who have dementia, and may influence quality of life, caregivers, and the need for institutionalization.

As dementia worsens individuals may neglect themselves and may become disinhibited and may become incontinent.

( Gelder et al.

2005 ).