What do you know about demensia?

Question

i dont know if that is spelled right....
example: my grandmother has demensia and now doesnt know my name.

Answer 1

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.
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You are a sweet granddaughter for wanting to learn more. Go to this website for more complete information:

http://www.dementia.com/home.jhtml?_requestid=746094

Answer 2

It is a devastating illness. It is very hard on the family. My mother had Alzheimers and I now have power of attorney over a woman in a nursing home that has dementia. She had been a very active person. Was a research librarian for Dupont. Had been a Russian translator in the Army. She couldn't speak Russian but she could translate written documents.

If there are time gaps between when you see your grandmother, you will always notice the deterioation more. Someone living with a person that has it, sees a little at a time.

Answer 3

You have my deepest sympathy. It is so hard seeing someone you love not only get old, but decline in this way.

Dementia (from Latin de- "apart, away" + mens (genitive mentis) "mind") is the progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging.

Particularly affected areas may be memory, attention, language, and problem solving. Especially in the later stages of the condition, affected persons may be disoriented in time (not knowing what day of the week, day of the month, month, or even what year it is), in place (not knowing where they are), and in person (not knowing who they are).

Symptoms of dementia can be classified as either reversible or irreversible depending upon the etiology of the disease. Less than 10% of cases of dementia have been reversed. Dementia is a non-specific term encompassing many disease processes, just as fever is attributable to many etiologies.

Without careful assessment, delirium can easily be confused with dementia and a number of other psychiatric disorders because many of the signs and symptoms are also present in dementia (as well as other mental illnesses including depression and psychosis). [1]

Wikipedia has a lot more on it. Here is the link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia

I hope this helps. My prayers are with you. Blessings,

Answer 4

The first two answer are good and helpful. My own father has had dementia now for 7yrs and was very young when they diagnosed he is now the fifth generation to have it. I cared for him at first but it became to physically and emotional hard to handle it so we turned towards professional help. I'm sorry to hear of your grandmother there will be days when you will glimpse the real person,and days when you will be drained emotionally. From my own experience I have always talked to dad everyday and visited everyday no matter if he remebers me or not.I put as many links as I could so you can read up on this disorder. God Bless

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia
http://www.dementia.com/home.jhtml?_requestid=772950
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/dementia.html
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmg/sec5/ch40/ch40a.jsp
http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmg/sec5/ch40/ch40a.jsp
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/dementias/dementia.htm
http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/guide/alzheimers-dementia
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000683.htm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000767.htm
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/dementia

Answer 5

Dementia may cause people to post messages on the wrong category. I hope this helps.

Answer 6

I think you have put your question in the wrong section, this is genealogy.