Dementia Uk

Contents page

Page 1 Introduction to what is Dementia?

Page 2 Vascular Dementia

Page 3 Alzheimer ’s Disease

Page 4 Pick’s Disease

Page 5 Dementia with Lewy Bodies

Page 6 Huntington ’s disease

Introduction

What is dementia?

Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe various brain disorders such as ( Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia with lewy Bodies and Vascular Dementia) which will results in loss of brain function, caused by damage to the brain cells and brain matter that dies and leave’s an open space where brain matter has shrunk. In dementia, brain cells stop working properly. This happens inside specific areas of the brain, which can affect how you think, remember and communicate.

Dementia is a general term for a decline in mental ability ‘Severe enough interfere with daily life.

(www.alzheimas.org)

Dementia is a cruel and progressive disease or illness, which means the symptoms will gradually get worse, how fast the dementia progresses depends on the individual person and what type of dementia they have, everybody is different and may experience different symptoms of dementia in their own way.

This is a none curable illness which effect around (820’000 people in the uk alone) (www.dementia.uk.org).

Many go undiagnosed with dementia for a long time before any signs and symptoms appear, it normally effects the age of 65 years plus , but can effect under that age as well, both men and women are at risk and it is not a natural ageing process.

(https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=dementia+pictures&tbm)

Some of the signs of dementia are

* Memory Loss

* Confusion

* The ability to focus and pay attention in daily life

* Mood swings

* Trouble with communication and language loss

* Personality changes

Just because someone has dementia does not mean they stop being that person you know, they are people with a...