Functionality Paper
Diedre Brown
HCS/433
February 18,2013Date
Stephanie Bryson

Functionality In the natural process of aging people will progressively decline in their skills of cognitive functioning. Cognitive function is defined as mental processes such as thinking, understanding and remembering. Cognitive function embraces the quality of knowing, which includes all aspects of perception, recognition, conception, sensing, thinking, reasoning, remembering, and imagining in each of these areas. When a person begins to experience this loss of cognitive function it affects all aspects of their life, and it becomes hare to live independently.

Memory Loss
Memory loss is a progressive effect of the decline in the cognitive brain function. It begins with the person not being able to recall an object or idea within a few seconds. The second stage is when the person cannot remember an object or idea within a few minutes. This deficit becomes worse and worse until the person cannot recall much at all. This usually signifies the beginning of the downward spiral that occurs with the loss of cognitive function. As memory loss worsens it affects it will begin to affect the day to day activities of the person. Thos affects may forget the names of people they know, forget or misplace items frequently, or even forget where they are supposed to go. It is very common for those suffering from memory loss to forget or loose items on a daily basis (E-How, 2012). Eventually, memory loss can affect a person’s ability to dress themselves, cook, go places, or even use