"Den gamle mand havde hukommelsestab, da han døde."
Translation:The old man had amnesia when he died.
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Would one use hukommelsestab in cases of dementia/alzheimers?
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Hukommelse - memory + s + tab - loss? Hukommelse seems to be related to the verb at huske - to remember.
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Hukommelse comes from "at komme i hug" - to come into mind. I don't think that "hug" is used in modern Danish. Compare with the names of Odin's ravens Huginn and Muninn (norse: mind and memory).
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Is there any way to determine whether you should use når or da for 'when'?
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You use da for single points in the past, and når for everything else, basically. I see you're learning German, so you will run into the same pattern with "als" versus "wenn".
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The old man had memory loss when he died. There's not much context, but in one way, it could mean he doesn't remember who he is when he died. Does that make sense? Overall, it's kind of a sad sentence.