Jan 24 2009
Do you know what dementia is?
Activity Professionals Week is over. I would like to get back to the basics. How many of you know what dementia really is and why even if you do not have dementia, it affects you?
First lets discuss the paticulars of dementia.
The area of the brain that is first affected is the hippocampus. For moe information on this go to
Keys to understanding dementia through Key to understanding dementia(part4). On part 5 I said we would take a detour. Well now we are back for a while. I may take a detour again if late breaking news is something you really need to know.
We were going to discuss diagnosis, signs, symptoms, and behaviors in dementia.
The main problem that describes dementia is memory deficits. Not the ordinary memory problems that people normally experience as they age, but more severe memory problems where old memories can no longer be recalled or new memories cannot be made. A diagnosis of dementia requires more than the presence of memory problems……
Come back tomorrow to find out more
by Susan Berg
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