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Dementia

            Dementia is the loss of intellectual abilities to the extent of interfering with normal social or occupational function. It is a severe and permanent deterioration of mental functions. It is a disease where brain cells die in an abnormal way. It is a term used to describe progressive degenerative brain disease. It is not part of normal ageing. The memory, thinking, behavior and emotions are affected in dementia. It occurs in people of all cultures and educational background. Dementia may also change a person's mood and personality. At first, memory loss and trouble thinking clearly may bother the person who has dementia. Later, disruptive behavior and other problems may start. The person who has dementia may not be aware of these problems. .
             Dementia is caused by the destruction of brain cells. A head injury, a stroke, a brain tumor or a problem like Alzheimer's disease can damage brain cells. Some people have a family history of dementia. Although there is no cure for dementia, treatments are available to manage the symptoms. .
             Dementia causes many problems for the person who has it and for the person's family. Many of the problems are due to loss of memory. Some common signs of dementia are listed below. Not everyone who has dementia will have all of these signs. .
             There are many symptoms of Dementia. All of us forget things for a while and then remember them later. People with dementia often forget things, but they never remember them. They might ask you the same question over and over, each time forgetting that you already answered that question. They won't even remember that they already asked the question. People who have dementia might cook a meal but forget to serve it. They might even forget that they cooked it. They may forget simple words or use the wrong words. This makes it hard to understand what they want. People with dementia may even get lost on their own street. They may forget how they got to a certain place and how to get back home.


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1. Dementia in Australia

... loss of intellect, rationality, language skills, perception, social skills and physical function. Dementia exists in many different forms including Vascular Dementia, Frontotemporal Dementia, Dementia with Lewy Bodies & the most common form of Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease. ("Key Facts and Statistics," 2013.) Dementia affects Australians of many ages and although Dementia is not considered a normal aspect of the aging process, approximately 92% of ... normal part of ageing," 2012) It is estimated that there are currently over 321,600 Australians living with dementia and approximately 1,7...

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2. Dementia

... that relates to meanings of words and their relationships, which is known as semantic memory. It usually affects people suffering from cortical dementia. Fronto-temperal dementia is when people have very severe language problems. Then there is episodic memory when people can determine long-term memories but not ... seconds and then can be retold at that moment, but not remembered over a long period of time. It applies to subcortia and cortical dementia (Benedict 111). When Alzheimer's disease has taken over someone's mind, they tend to get depressed, which complicates the difficulty in r...

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3. Does Learning Another Language Delay Dementia?

... that as a result relatives and family become unidentifiable, this can be extremely frustrating for both the sufferer and family members. Why people with dementia experience problems with communication and memory is due to the changing structure of the brain Figure 1 (refer to appendix). As you can see ... management • An active social life However what has been recently suggested is that people who speak more than one language and who develop dementia tend to do so up to five years later than those who are monolingual, according to a study In fact 650 individuals who have ... could b...

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4. Experience Working with Dementia Patients

... monotonous tone with no facial expressions. During my time spent with the residents, I learned a lot about how to effectively communicate with residents with dementia. It is very important to be patient and answer repetitive questions like it is the first time they're asking it. We always have to ... to use positive body language and touch because this is an important part of communication. Reality orientation is another strategy to help confusion in elderly with dementia (Erber, 2009). As discussed in class, we used short, simple sentences and help orientate the residents by describin...

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5. Progress in Dementia

The death of Miss Emily Grierson, is from "Dementia", and everybody in the community has to come visit her at death, "the men, through a sort of respectful affection for a fallen monument, the women mostly out of curiosity to see ... house, which no one, save and old manservant - a combined gardener and cook - had seen in at least ten years" (622). In "A Rose for Emily", William Faulkner traces Miss Emily's increasing dementia and foreshadows the surprise ending. Unquestionably, there are the townspeople that have always perceived the Grierson family. "We had long thought of them as tableau,...

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6. Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

Dementia means progressive degeneration of two or more mental functions of the brain related with cognition, thinking, memory, and judgment; all of this making it difficult to perform daily life activities ( ... of ADLs and other areas are difficult. Occupational therapy intervention helps to slow the progress of the symptoms and enhance quality of life for people suffering from this type of dementia....

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7. The Burdening Affects of Alzheimer's

... of plaque between neurons in the brain. High levels of beta-amyloid result in low levels of acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter essential for memory and learning and preventing onsets of dementia. The Second sign of Alzheimer's is the formation of tangles. Tangles are the damaged remains of macrotubules. Without properly functioning macrotubules, nutrients can no longer flow and supply ... the connections between neurons, leading to permanent neuron loss and shrinking of the brain tissue (Simon 2014). Doctors and scientist have a better understanding of how Alzheimer's and other dementia...

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8. Alzheimer's - Methodologies and Treatments

... of patients with Alzheimer's. Recently, because of the aging baby boomers, there has been a huge increase in the number of cases of dementia, specifically Alzheimer's Disease. Because Alzheimer's disease can be seen to decrease the quality of life of the persons affected or their caregivers, ... eventually becoming severe enough to interfere with one's ability to perform daily activities and tasks. Alzheimer's disease accounts for 50-80 percent of dementia cases. The greatest known risk is increasing age, and majority of people affected by Alzheimer's are over the age of 65, although it...

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9. Gene Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease

... upwelling in therapeutics and has introduced promising prospects for the prevention and cure of incurable or difficult to cure diseases. With the advent of concern for the growing cases of dementia globally, it has become important to constitute therapeutic methods for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although much research is still being done in this avenue, gene therapy appears to be ... proteins create the characteristic neurofibrillary tangles of Alzheimer's Disease. A study was done on the 'Duplication Of Amyloipd Precursor Proteins' which gave evidence of significant cause of early...

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