Dementia with Lewy bodies

Dementia is defined as a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking, and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily functioning (Mayo, 2016). This disease is so much more than normal age-related changes. Dementia itself is not a disease, but a general term for loss of memory and other mental abilities that impact daily life. Diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Lewy body Dementia, Vascular Dementia, and Parkinson’s Disease, are a few examples of diseases that cause dementia. Education…

(bradykinesia), is when a person's movement starts to slows down, often making the person take shorter steps, drag their feet, or even have difficulty in getting up from a chair; rigid muscles include stiffness in the muscles that can occur anywhere in the body, limiting motion range and causing pain; impaired posture and balance includes having a stooping posture or problems in balancing; loss of automatic movements includes having unconscious movements, such as smiling, moving or swings your…

Dementia is an umbrella term. By this I mean that it covers many different conditions. Each condition affects the brain and can lead to dementia due to brain de deterioration and loss of function. Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome- this is a brain disorder in which not getting enough B1 vitamin will affect your brain function. B1 vitamin is used in the brain to change sugar into energy. If there is a shortage then there will be a shortage of energy and thus, making the brain function less. Vascular…

more people affected with dementia. Dementia is the term used to group together several disorders that affect the brain. The effects of these disorders cause memory loss, the ability to perform everyday tasks and behaviour. The following essay will discuss topics such as pathophysiology of dementia, effects that dementia has on a persons lifestyle, strategies or non-pharmacological treatments that can be implemented to deal with dementia and community support. Dementia is five times higher…

age of 65, with higher prevalence in females than males [5;37](Hirtz et al., 2007;Ballard et al., 2011). There is also a strong genetic component that indicates increased risk of dementia in individuals expressing the E4 isoform…

What is dementia? Dementia describes a collection of symptoms that are caused by disorders affecting the brain. It is not one specific disease. Dementia affects thinking, behaviour and the ability to perform everyday tasks. Brain function is affected enough to interfere with the person’s normal social or working life. Who gets dementia? Most people with dementia are older, but it is important to remember that not all older people get dementia. It is not a normal part of ageing. Dementia can…

of dementia Dementia is most well known for causing memory loss in the elderly; however, it actually comes in many forms and includes symptoms other than the short-term memory deficiencies that it is perhaps most commonly associated with. The syndrome affects a large number of people and in the UK alone, 850,000 people have dementia and this number is on course to reach over 1 million within the next 10 years (“Facts on dementia”, 2015). By far the most common and well-known form of dementia is…

Understanding Dementia In this booklet I will be giving a description on six different types of dementia that affect people in the UK and their most common signs and symptoms. I will then outline the possible effects of dementia on an individual’s health and their quality of life. And finally give an assessment of the possible effects of different types of dementia on individuals and their families. What is dementia? Dementia is an illness or disease of the brain that includes memory loss and…

misconceptions that dementia is Alzheimer’s. Dementia is a broad term for a group of symptoms that interfere and damage the brain tissues. As it is not a specific disease, there are many different types that affect your brain. What dementia and Alzheimer’s have in common is that there is a decline in cognitive function and one of these three components: aphasia, apraxia, and agnosia. Memory loss is the biggest factor with dementia, but memory loss alone is not what causes dementia. With aging,…

1.2.2 Characteristics There are four stages of dementia with respect to their progressive patterns of cognitive and functional impairments. Pre-dementia: Pre -dementia is also called as the mild cognitive dementia, which is the first stages of dementia that is the earliest stage of dementia. In this stage, the person’s brain changes have been happening for a long time and the symptoms in this stage are just a beginning to show. The MMSE scores in this stage vary between 27 and 30. Early stage:…