Understanding the Process of Dementia

Understanding the process
of Dementia

Table of Contents
Introduction .....................................................................................................................................3
LO1 Understand the neurology of dementia. ..................................................................................3
LO2 Impact of recognition and diagnosis of dementia. ..................................................................6
LO3 How dementia care must be underpinned by a person centered approach. ............................8
Conclusion ....................................................................................................................................10
References .....................................................................................................................................11

Introduction
Report is prepared on disease like dementia. Dementia is situation which effects an
individual thinking abilities and changes behaviour of an individual to understand. Mainly
dementia effects older people a person become disable due to this disease. Dementia is a disease
of progressive nature an individual needs early diagnosis to solve problem or disease like
dementia on time. It effects learning capacity of an individual. Dementia effect psychological
physical and mental health of an individual as well as people around them like their friends and
family. It affect overall working of a brain. In this report we provide different causes and
memory impairment of dementia and individual ability to process information and other factors
that cause symptoms like dementia. And impact of early diagnosis on individual that help them
to overcome.
LO1 Understand the neurology of dementia.
Dementia is problems caused in a person thinking and memory. When a part of a brain of
a person is damaged due to disease like dementia. Symptoms of dementia are improved with
proper treatment and can be curable and when a disease occur due to dementia. But many disease
occur due to dementia are not curable. It is a brain disease that effects overall working of body of
an individual.
1.1 Causes of dementia syndrome
Alzheimer's disease
This disease is a main and most important cause of dementia. Due to this disease plaques and
tangles are build in a brain of an individual(T O'Brien and Thomas, 2015.) . Due to those clumps
an individuals neurons and fibres connecting those neurons are affected. Lack of protein is also a
reason of this disease.
Vascular dementia
Dementia is also develop when vessels that supply blood to brain are damaged or blocked
then it effects overall health of an individual. Blockage in blood vessels cause strokes or damage
in white matter of brain. Thus disease reduce thinking capabilities of an individual.
Lewy body dementia

Disease means clumps in protein or lack of protein in brain of an individual. It is first
stage in disease of dementia. Signs of disease are seeing things that have no existence, lack of
focus and attention.
Frontotemporal dementia
This disease cause due to a damage in a nerve cells of brain that connects frontal and
temporal lobes in a brain. Symptoms of this disease are ineffectiveness of judgement, lack of
thinking abilities.
Mixed dementia
It is a mix or combination of all other causes like Alzheimer's and vascular dementia. The
symptoms occur in mainly people around age of 80 or more.
1.2 Types of memory impairment in an individual with dementia.
Inability to learn new information
An individual suffering from dementia are not able to learn new things it effects their
capability to understand and memorize new things(Bang, Spina and Miller, 2015.)
(Jung, 2015.). Effects ability of person to understand different concepts.
Poor judgement
A person suffering from dementia is not able to judge new things effectively. Whenever a
new plan or policy is need to be develop an individual with dementia faces problems while
taking decisions that are profitable.
Personality changes
Change in personality of an individual due to memory impairment. An individual become
angry on small things and not able to understand new concepts and policies.
Inability to walk
Brain is important for functioning of each and every part of body. When a disease occur
in an individual then he is not able to understand about working of a body.
Short term memory
An individual is not able to remember things for a long time due to this disease it
weakens mind of an individual and not able to understand new things or plans for a long time.
Planning and remembering appointments