Question

Lisa and Beth are both in their 60s. Lisa continues to eat a healthy diet and walks with her neighbors every day. She also does yoga and swims twice per week. Beth has stopped worrying about what she eats and spends much of her day watching TV and sleeping. Lisa is likely to demonstrate ________ than Beth.
a) worse dental hygiene
b) less cognitive decline
c) worse memory performance
d) more health issues

Answer 1

Answer:

Less cognitive decline

Explanation:

Cognitive decline is a neurological problem in the cognition of a person. It is the expected decline of cognition at aging. It is normal among older people. This is the problem with memory, thinking, judgment and of course normal decline at this age.  

Symptoms:

• More often forgetting the things
• To forget important events, appointments
• May feel depressed
• May feel irritable and aggressive
• Anxiety
• Apathy

Thus in the above statement, Lisa and Beth both have an aging cognitive decline that is normal.