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Monday, November 14, 2022

Frailty, dementia,
and the loss of laughter

An attempt at humor
about something
few find funny


By James T. Carney

Motivated by the Yale News article, “Frailty, dementia raise mortality risk for older Americans after surgery,” about a study by Yale researchers that found striking differences in the mortality rate of older Americans within a year of their having major surgery, I have been reading a book on aging written by a medical doctor.