Famous people on TV: for sufferers of Alzheimer’s
( perceptual disorder in the demented elderly may arise )

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PEOPLE with Alzheimer’s disease can often show signs of visual misinterpretations, more commonly referred to as hallucinations or delusions.
Some patients treat television images and newspaper photographs as if they are real, talking to them and offering them food and drink.
Specific examples of this include a person who, while watching television, believed that the opera singer Luciano Pavarotti blew kisses and that the presenter Terry Wogan and his friends were playing golf in the living room.
Another patient made lunch for a magazine picture of Curly Watts from the popular television series Coronation Street. ... To get more: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health-news/2010/01/25/famous-people-on-tv-come-to-life-for-sufferers-of-alzheimer-s-91466-25674351/
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