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Did you know that a stroke (also known as a CVA or cerebral vascular accident) often results in a wide variety of long-term problems? The type of problem depends on which parts of the brain the stroke affected.

Did you also know that we can prevent or minimize many of these problems with prompt medical treatment? There’s a small window of time during which they must start some treatments for them to be effective. For this reason, everyone needs to know the signs of a stroke!

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Did you know that Alzheimer’s disease can affect vision even if there’s nothing physically wrong with a person’s eyes? Sometimes residents do things that seem odd to us. But these actions often result from changes going on in parts of the brain that affect vision. Let’s look at a few of these common conditions.

Color & Contrast Perception 

This makes it difficult for a person to see an object against a background of the same color. For example, a resident might have trouble recognizing a white toilet if the walls or the floor in the bathroom are also white.

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