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There was a belief in past centuries that the intellectual power of old people decrease over years. In the twentieth and the beginning of the twenty-first century, scientific and clinical researches showed that most people live a decline in intellectual capacity in their middle- sixties or early seventies, but this does not mean that they are all in a loss of cognitive capacities (Milvain and Iversen 2002).

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  1. Atatürk Caddesi 288 Güneş Apt. Daire 2, Alsancak 35220, Izmir, Turkey

    Ilkin Icelli Prof. Dr.

  2. Bulgarian Association on Ageing, Blvd. Vitosha 36, Sofia, 1000, Bulgaria

    Ignat Petrov Prof. Dr.

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Icelli, I., Petrov, I. (2009). Dementia. In: Bährer-Kohler, S. (eds) Self Management of Chronic Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00326-4_3

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