Too much TV can have an emotional cost

ASK THE DOCTORS

Dear Doctors: Is there any connection with dementia patients and television?

I am part of a group at my church that visits people living in memory care, and I noticed the television is always on.

Now my mother is in the early stages of dementia, and her television is always on.

Dear Reader: Concerns about the possible ill effects of television arrived almost in tandem with the introduction of this ne…