DEMENTIA

WHAT IS DEMENTIA?

• The decline of mental ability
• Interferes with everyday life
• Not a specific disease
• the various symptoms of declining mental health
• Despite common belief, dementia is NOT part of normal aging

TYPES OF DEMENTIA

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

• Most common form of dementia
• 60% of dementia cases
• Deals with memory loss
• 50% of people over 80 will develop Alzheimer's

VASCULAR DEMENTIA

• Vascular dementia
• Also called post-stroke dementia
• Caused by reduced blood flow to the brain
• Affects the person mentally (thinking and memory) and physically

WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS?

• Impairs areas like:
• Memory
• Communication
• Ability to focus
• Visually

HOW IS IT CAUSED?

• Damage caused to brain cells
• Difficult to preform tasks
• Genetics play a role
• Linked to chromosome 17

IS THERE A CURE?

• Most forms of dementia don't have a cure
• Prescribed drugs can help improve symptoms

THANK YOU!

• http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/frontotemporal-dementia-with-parkinsonism-...
• http://m.alz.org/types-of-dementia.asp
• http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/guide/alzheimers-dementia
• http://m.alz.org/what-is-alzheimers.asp
• http://m.alz.org/what-is-dementia.asp