How do you differentiate cognitive impairment from normal age-related cognitive decline?

Dr. @Dr. First Last's answer is right on target.

I have a couple of additional tips when taking a history.

First: normal cognitive decline would include certain features and not others. Normal aging typically leads to slower processing, more effort with multitasking and learning something new, and m...

It can be tricky to differentiate normal aging from true cognitive impairment. I think the key ingredients are objective cognitive testing and bringing in a trusted informant.

When a patient or a carepartner expresses a memory concern, or you wonder about memory during a routine evaluation, the firs...