You hear the term now and again, “MCI”. Someone might say it’s what your aging loved one has. Is it a diagnosis? Doctors use the term, but no one seems to exactly pin down what it means. How mild is “mild” and what does it mean in terms of diminished capacity? Here is a way to define it:
Mild Cognitive Impairment refers to a degree of cognitive decline that is in between the cognitive changes associated with normal aging and those associated with clinical features of dementia. Many people who get a diagnosis of MCI do go on to develop dementia, but some do not. We can say it’s an in-between condition-neither black nor white in terms of degree of impairment.
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