22 окт. 2024 г. · Dementia is an acquired global impairment in memory, personality and intellect in an alert patient, that is sufficiently severe to interfere with social and/or ...

Aging – psychology. 2. Dementia – epidemiology. 3. Dementia – prevention and control. 4. Caregivers – psychology. 5. Health services for the ...

This booklet provides a general overview of various types of dementia, describes how the disorders are diagnosed and treated, and offers highlights of research ...

22 окт. 2024 г. · PDF | Dementia is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive and continuous loss of cognitive functions.

the clinical assessment of function and cognition is what determines dementia. • Twenty percent of older adults have had at least one lacunar (clinically ...

Dementia is not a natural part of ageing. It is caused when a disease damages nerve cells in the brain. Nerve cells carry messages between different parts of ...

There are over 300 different types of dementia. Some known types of dementia include Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body disease, frontotemporal ...

Dementia damages these nerve cells so messages cannot be sent effectively, which prevents the brain from functioning normally. There are over 200 subtypes and.

– How do we define dementia? – Memory impairment plus a decline in one or more cognitive domains— learning ability, social function, visuo-spatial ...

Neuropsychological testing may aid in: – addressing the distinction between normal aging, mild cognitive impairment or cognitive impairment without dementia, ...