Dementia

Question 1

what are the types of dementia and what is each one?

Answer 1

Alzheimers - reduced size of cortex
Vascular - reduced blood flow to brain, damaging cells
Dementia with Lewy Bodies - deposits of abnormal protein called lewy bodies inside brain cells
Frontotemporal - frontal lobes of brain

Question 2

what are early stage symptoms of dementia?

Answer 2

• short term memory loss
• confusion, poor judgement
• anxiety, agitation or distress over perceived changes
• inability to manage everyday tasks
• communication problems

Question 3

what are middle stage symptoms of dementia?

Answer 3

• reminders of eating washing dressing, toilet etc
• increasingly forgetful and may fail to recognise people
• getting lost in public, leaving taps and cooking appliances on