How to distinguish one from the other
To understand what we are dealing with, it is worth observing the person carefully and trying to answer a few questions.
1. What exactly does a person forget?
Even though adults’ autobiographical memory gets a little worse after age 65, their memory for facts and words may even be better than that of younger people. Also older people may forget something simply because they did not pay attention to it.
A person with Alzheimer’s disease may forget what was discussed in a conversation that just took place. He may forget the way to his own home or get lost in a well-known place.
2. Repeats the same thing?
Another symptom of dementia is repeated repetition of the same information over a short period of time. The professor explained Mail.online, which is how the deterioration of short-term memory is manifested.