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2007-03-26 12:35:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health Mental Health

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Mental deterioration

2007-03-26 12:37:24 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 0 0

Dementia Is a Brain disease in Old People in where they Tend to forget things that happen to them,It mostly concerns those in nursing homes,and sometimes people in hospitals too, I am in a Wheelchair and I used to do Volunteer work at Various nursing homes when I was younger . For more information on this I Suggest you look Dementia up in your Search Engine Or if you have a Family member with this disease see your Health Practitioner

2007-03-26 12:52:13 · answer #2 · answered by wombat_87au 2 · 1 0

Dementia, a progressive brain dysfunction, leads to a gradually increasing restriction of daily activities. The most well-known type of dementia is Alzheimer's disease. Dementia not only affects patients, but also those surrounding them, as most patients require care in the long-term.

2007-03-26 12:38:30 · answer #3 · answered by logiegt5 3 · 2 0

it is very similar to Alzheimer's save that it can be diagnosed before a patient passes away whereas Alzheimer's cannot be officially diagnosed until an autopsy is performed. Dementia tends to focus more on loss of memory only whereas the other causes physical problems...in the end the body simply "forgets" how to function entirely.

2007-03-26 14:11:21 · answer #4 · answered by Ivy Pandora 2 · 0 0

Dementia is defined as the loss of mental processing ability, including communication, abstract thinking, judgment and physical abilities, such that it interferes with daily living.

Alzheimers is a type of dementia.

2007-03-26 12:41:20 · answer #5 · answered by mrs_m_06 2 · 0 0

There are different forms of dementia that affect humans, some of it can be caused by medications given to older people. There is a kind that strictly affects younger people.

The worst kind of dementia out there is the one that affects older people: Alzheimer's.

2007-03-26 12:38:58 · answer #6 · answered by sokokl 7 · 1 0

Mostly aged or drug addicted people. At least it can be tolerated in 80 something folks. Before 50 it is self induced.

2007-03-26 12:41:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Loss of memory, especially short-term memory

2007-03-26 12:38:27 · answer #8 · answered by Nanneke 4 · 1 0

Mental confusion.

2007-03-26 12:38:08 · answer #9 · answered by Skyhawk 5 · 1 0

Unstable mental behavior that is detrimental to the person or others around him/her

2007-03-26 12:38:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

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