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Advanced Dementia. 1  Advanced dementia is a leading cause of death in the United States. 2  Features include profound memory deficits (e.g., inability to recognize family), minimal verbal communication, loss of ambulatory abilities, the inability to perform activities of daily living, and urinary and fecal incontinence.
Middle stages. As dementia progresses, the symptoms first experienced in the early stages of the dementia generally worsen. The rate of decline is different for each person. A person with moderate dementia scores between 6â17 on the MMSE. For example, people with Alzheimer's dementia in the moderate stages lose almost all new information very quickly.