Dementia Flashcards
Describe dementia
a group of conditions characterised by gradual impairment of brain function, which may impact memory, speech, cognition (thought), personality, behaviour, and mobility.
Describe alzheimers disease
a degenerative brain disease caused by nerve cell death resulting in shrinkage of the brain
Functions of the frontal lobe
Executive functions eg thinking, planning, organising, problem solving. Emotional control/regulation. Behavioural control. Personality. Motor control. Language – physical formation of speech (motor)
Functions of the temporal lobe
Memory formation, Language comprehension. Hearing and auditory processing
Functions of the parietal lobe
Processes sensory information from the skin such as touch, pressure, pain, temp. Spatial awareness
Functions of the occipital lobe
Vision, processing colour, shape, perspective
AD
Alzheimer’s disease
Aphasia
Abnormal condition of loss of the ability to produce and/or understand language
Aphagia
Abnormal condition of the inability to swallow
Atrophy
Progressive degeneration or shrinkage of muscle or nerve tissue
MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
What are the four lobes of the brain
frontal, temporal, parietal, occipital
List three ways to manage dementia
physical activity, train your brain, stay mentally and socially active, don’t overstimulate, include sesnory experiences, use support as needed, make a memory book
a group of conditions characterised by gradual impairment of brain function, which may impact memory, speech, cognition (thought), personality, behaviour, and mobility.
Dementia
a degenerative brain disease caused by nerve cell death resulting in shrinkage of the brain
Alzheimers disease
