Mental Health and Dementia: Overview, Assessment, and Treatment

Mental Health and Dementia

Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................................................2
Overview of Dementia................................................................................................................................2
Overview of Dementia Staging, Assessment and Therapeutic Interventions...............................................2
Assessment of mental health and Well-being in older adults.......................................................................3
Current Models of Mental Health and well-being of older adults................................................................3
Dementia model of care...............................................................................................................................3
Behavioral and Psychological symptoms of Dementia................................................................................4
Conclusion...................................................................................................................................................4
References...................................................................................................................................................5
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Introduction
The cognition is depicted to be reflecting the complex group processes which are including the
memory attention, language and the decision making processes. The mild impairment of the
cognition is reflecting the early sign of the diseases which is found to be leading to the
development of dementia (Bristow, 2013). The people suffering from dementia are found to be
reflecting the development of the memory tracking processes and also the people are
experiencing the memory difficulties due to which the changes in the thinking skills in the
people are seen.
Overview of Dementia
Dementia is depicted to be identified as a syndrome which is resulting in the acquiring of brain
diseases and is found to be characterized by the development of the cognitive profile thinking
processes (de Vugt and Dröes, 2017). The deterioration of the memory and the other cognitive
domains are depicted to be reflecting the diagnostic symptoms of the dementia diseases. The
cognitive decline is associated which is leading to individual behavioral problems (de Vugt and
Dröes, 2017).
Overview of Dementia Staging, Assessment, and Therapeutic Interventions
The overview of the dementia staging, assessment, and therapeutic interventions are depicted to
be provided in the following points:-
 Initially, it is found to be starting with the no cognitive decline, very mild cognitive
decline, mild cognitive decline, and the mild cognitive decline.
 Age-related memory decline is depicted to be started.
 Other conditions such as the infection in meningitis, toxicity due to drug-induced
dementia and the pseudo-dementia rose due to the depression and generalized anxiety
disorder (Vitaliano, 2010).
 The last stage of the dementia is severe cognitive decline and very severe cognitive
decline.
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