Approximately two-and-a-half-million people under the age of sixty-five suffer from dementia. Contrary to popular belief, old age is not the only cause of dementia. Dementia is a term that is used to describe a host of brain diseases. Dementia is a chronic disease that is marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning. As a result of the symptoms, a person’s ability to carry out daily activities normally is significantly reduced. Dementia is a perplexing disease, because no one knows specifically how it occurs, why symptoms vary from person to person, or how to cure it. No one technically knows how dementia occurs, however, recent studies have given people a pretty good idea. Dementia is thought to be caused by a
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The first stage of dementia usually goes unnoticed. The first stage is mild; the person’s cognitive abilities begin to decline, they are unable to complete complicated tasks and activities, and they are not yet dependant on others (28). People in the first stage of dementia can more or less do what everyone else can do. People in the second stage of dementia are much more disabled than people in the first stage. The second stage of dementia is the moderate stage; activities become increasingly more difficult, and they are no longer able to function without assistance (29). The people who suffer from the moderate stage of dementia can no longer do what everyone else can. People in the second stage of dementia forget about people that they love, how to do simple things, and even forget who they are. The last stage of dementia is the worst. The last stage of dementia is the severe stage; people who suffer from severe stage dementia have an absence of intelligible ideation (30). The people who suffer from the last stage of dementia do not remember anything. They do not remember anyone, including themselves or anything. The stages of dementia get progressively worse and have specific symptoms that correlate to each stage. There are many symptoms of dementia that can happen to people at any stage of dementia that they’re
The first stage of dementia usually goes unnoticed. The first stage is mild; the person’s cognitive abilities begin to decline, they are unable to complete complicated tasks and activities, and they are not yet dependant on others (28). People in the first stage of dementia can more or less do what everyone else can do. People in the second stage of dementia are much more disabled than people in the first stage. The second stage of dementia is the moderate stage; activities become increasingly more difficult, and they are no longer able to function without assistance (29). The people who suffer from the moderate stage of dementia can no longer do what everyone else can. People in the second stage of dementia forget about people that they love, how to do simple things, and even forget who they are. The last stage of dementia is the worst. The last stage of dementia is the severe stage; people who suffer from severe stage dementia have an absence of intelligible ideation (30). The people who suffer from the last stage of dementia do not remember anything. They do not remember anyone, including themselves or anything. The stages of dementia get progressively worse and have specific symptoms that correlate to each stage. There are many symptoms of dementia that can happen to people at any stage of dementia that they’re