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    Dementia can be defined as a decline in mental ability severe enough to interfere with daily life (alz.org). More than often, individuals affected by dementia are over the age of 65. In the United States, there are more than three million cases of dementia each year. According to World Health Organization, the number of people living with dementia is currently estimated at 47.5 million worldwide and is expected to increase to 75.6 million by 2030 (World Health Organization 2015). Dementia is caused

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    Introduction Dementia is define as one of the worse diseases in society today .Dementia is described as a symptoms that included decrease of intellectual functioning that interferes with normal life functions to included :language ,judgment or reasoning of all emotional and behavioral controls .Dementia has no set attachment over age ,gender, race nor religion .It is now very clear that Alzheimer's is the major cause of Dementia in elderly people . However, it also been proven that Dementia doesn’t

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    An estimated 47.5 million people suffer from dementia. Every 4 seconds one new case of dementia is diagnosed. Dementia is a term that describes certain symptoms such as impairment to memory, communication and thinking. It is a group of symptoms and not just one illness. Even though one‘s chance of getting dementia increase with age, it is not a part of aging. Dementia is usually diagnosed after a series of assessments that includes a physical evaluation, memory tests, imaging studies and blood

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    There is various type of dementia that could be irreversible and reversible. Although dementia is an irreversible disease, some of the symptoms might be curable such as impairment from toxic side effect of medications or drugs, tumors that can be removed, hypothyroidism which result from low levels of thyroid secretion and hypoglycemia which results from low blood sugar. Metabolic disorders such as vitamin 12 deficiency could also cause dementia as well. The irreversible dementia which might deteriorate

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    The biggest difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s disease is that Alzheimer’s is degenerative and irreversible at this time. According to the Mayo Clinic Alzheimer's disease accounts for 50-70 percent of cases of dementia (Sahyouni et al, 2017). However, there are other disorders that cause dementia such as Vascular dementia, Huntington’s disease, Parkinson's disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, dementia with Lewy Bodies and Frontotemporal dementia. In the early stages of many of these disease

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    Types Of Dementia

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    types of dementia, each one different in its own way. Alzheimers: Alzheimers is the cause to 60% - 80% of dementia cases. It creates hallmark abnormalities (They are deposits of the protein beta amyloid and th e twisted strands of the protein tau.). Theres also evidence of nerve cell damage and death in areas of the brain. Vascular Dementia: Also known as multi-infarct and post-stroke dementia. Brain imaging mostly can detect blood vessel problems involved with vascular dementia.

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    Dementia Research Paper

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    Dementia Dementia is group of neuropathological disorders, and it is progressive and incurable disease. It is also most common in elderly people. Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning—thinking, remembering, and reasoning—and behavioral abilities to such an extent that it interferes with a person’s daily life and activities. These functions include memory, language skills, visual perception, problem solving, self-management, and the ability to focus and pay attention. Some people with dementia

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    erased in just three months. How is this possible you may ask? Well, because of dementia. Dementia is a brain disorder that impairs memory, thinking, and behavior. At least "47.5 million people have dementia" (World Health Organization). There are around ten different types of dementia. Learning about dementia and realizing that it is much more than just short term memory loss can benefit families and society. Dementia is a "clinical syndrome, or condition that presents several different symptoms

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    changes in the genes that are passed from one generation to another. Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, a widespread term for memory loss and other intellectual abilities, severe enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer's disease accounts for 50 to 80 percent of dementia cases, such as vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, mixed dementia and frontotemporal dementia. Alzheimer is not a normal part

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    Keller Dementia 10 December, 2015 Dementia Dementia is not a specific disease, however it is a group of diseases that interfere with daily activities that involve memory and social abilities. Dementia affects at least two parts of the brain, which includes memory loss, impaired judgement, or language. But even though memory loss is a part of Dementia, it doesn’t mean you have it. There is a certain extent of memory loss that is a normal part of aging. There are many types of Dementia, but the most

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