Dementia
Dementia is a collective term used to describe various symptoms of cognitive decline, such as forgetfulness. It is a symptom of several underlying diseases and brain disorders. Dementia is not a single disease in itself, but a general term to describe symptoms of impairment in memory, communication, and thinking.
Cluster Number:
Wiki Number: W055
Diagnosis: Dementia
US Patients:
World Patients: 50 Mil
Sex Ratio:
Age Onset: Age 80+- 50%
Brain Area: hippocampus shrinks; temporal and parietal lobes shrink; the brain degenerates; SPECT & PET show vascular cause.
Symptoms: early signs: handling finances, getting lost, repeating things;later-need help eating, dressing, getting out of bed
Progression: Alzheimer’s=80%; vascular, 20%=blood loss to the brain; Lewy bodies=hallucinations; frontotemporal=language problems
Causes: lewy bodies, frontotemporal dementia;people with dementia average five other chronic diseases; 50% persistent pain
Medications: donepezil, antipsychotics; no medications show a preventative effect
Therapies: exercise helps sustain activities of daily living;music; diets with low saturated fat and good carbohydrates; vitamin D
Youtube Video: Living with
Young-Onset Dementia
Youtube Video: Later Stage Dementia: Brad and Jean’s Story
Book from Amazon or Library: 2022 Dementia Overview
Click the book to link or order from Amazon.
Support Groups: alz.org; This website allows searching for
local associations. (Alzheimer’s Association)
Contact your local Social Security Office for possible Disability benefits through their Disability Determination Service,
Section 12.02.
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
Clicking each title opens the
PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- Risk Factors for Complications in Patients Undergoing Temporal Bone Resection and Neck Dissection: Insights From a National Databaseby Liam M Ordoyne on May 7, 2024
CONCLUSIONS: The vast majority of patients undergoing LTBR with ND have no complications and are discharged within a week. Liver disease is a risk factor for medical complications and increased charges. Patients with dementia or a prior stroke are at risk for DNHF, and those with prior anemia are at risk for a wound complication.
- Collaborative care approaches for people with severe mental illnessby Siobhan Reilly on May 7, 2024
BACKGROUND: Collaborative care for severe mental illness (SMI) is a community-based intervention that promotes interdisciplinary working across primary and secondary care. Collaborative care interventions aim to improve the physical and/or mental health care of individuals with SMI. This is an update of a 2013 Cochrane review, based on new searches of the literature, which includes an additional seven studies.
- Monitoring Patients With Dementia: Insight Into Global Trends, Innovations, and Future Directionsby Hyuk Sung Kwon on May 7, 2024
No abstract
- Hospital-Based Health Professionals' Perceptions of Frailty in Older Peopleby Kisani Manuel on May 7, 2024
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: There is a high prevalence of frailty amongst older patients in hospital settings. Frailty guidelines exist but implementation to date has been challenging. Understanding health professional attitudes, knowledge, and beliefs about frailty is critical in understanding barriers and enablers to guideline implementation and the aim of this study was to understand these in rehabilitation multidisciplinary teams in hospital settings.