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  2. Lanterman–Petris–Short Act - Wikipedia

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    The Lanterman–Petris–Short (LPS) Act (Chapter 1667 of the 1967 California Statutes, codified as Cal. Welf & Inst. Code, sec. 5000 et seq.) regulates involuntary civil commitment to a mental health institution in the state of California. The act set the precedent for modern mental health commitment procedures in the United States.

  3. Alzheimer's disease - Wikipedia

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    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens, [ 2 ] and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. [ 2 ][ 15 ] The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. [ 1 ] As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems with language, disorientation ...

  4. Dementia - Wikipedia

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    Almost half of new dementia cases occur in Asia, followed by Europe (25%), the Americas (18%) and Africa (8%). The incidence of dementia increases exponentially with age, doubling with every 6.3-year increase in age. [264] Dementia affects 5% of the population older than 65 and 20–40% of those older than 85. [270]

  5. California End of Life Option Act - Wikipedia

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    California End of Life Option Act is a law enacted in June 2016 by the California State Legislature which allows terminally ill adult residents in the state of California to access medical aid in dying by self-administering lethal drugs, provided specific circumstances are met. [ 1 ] The law was signed in by California governor Jerry Brown in ...

  6. Frontotemporal dementia - Wikipedia

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    Signs and symptoms. Frontotemporal dementia is an early onset disorder that mostly occurs between the ages of 45 and 65, [ 13 ] but can begin earlier, and in 20–25% of cases onset is later. [ 11 ][ 14 ] Men and women appear to be equally affected. [ 15 ] It is the most common early presenting dementia. [ 16 ]

  7. Education in California - Wikipedia

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    California is the most populous state of the U.S. and has the most school students, with over 6.2 million in the 2005–06 school year, giving California more students in school than 36 states have in total population and one of the highest projected enrollments in the country. [ 7 ] About 25% of school students are English learners, compared ...

  8. Disability - Wikipedia

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    In a 2006 poll of 83,342 men and 78,137 women, the age groups with the highest reported rates of disability are 18–44-year-old males (22.5%) and 65–74-year-old females (22.8%), according to polls published in the journal that were representative of the country as a whole.

  9. Los Angeles Unified School District - Wikipedia

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    The school district's budget for the 2021–2022 school year was $10.7 billion, increasing to $12.6 billion for the 2022–2023 school year. [ 2 ] The school district's jurisdiction area consists of almost all of the city of Los Angeles and all or portions of several adjoining cities and unincorporated areas in southwestern Los Angeles County ...