Watch David’s video series on dementia

As people age, their cognitive abilities decline. Now you might be worried about this for yourself or for a loved one, but what is normal and what isn’t? Everyone loses their keys or their wallet from time to time, or can’t recall the name of the book they just finished reading, and they’re trying to recommend it to a friend…but how can you tell when you’ve crossed the line from normal forgetfulness into the frightening spiral of dementia?

Everyone has some contact with dementia — a parent, a grandparent, a friend. Find out what you need to know about dementia: what causes it, how to detect it, what might be done to mitigate it in the first of a five part series on dementia, presented by David’s company Braincheck.

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