DEM-301 Understand the Process and Experience of Dementia 1.1 Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome. Fixed cognitive impairments are due to a single incident.traumatic brain injurys may cause generalised damage to the white matter of the brain or localised damages. A brief reduction in the supply of blood and oxygen to the brain may lead to this type of dementia. A stroke or brain infection can also be the cause of dementia. Excessive alcoholic intake results in alcoholic dementia.
237:- 1.1: The word dementia describes a set of symptoms that may include memory loss and difficulties with thinking, problem-solving or language. These changes are often small to start with, but for someone with dementia they have become severe enough to affect daily life. A person with dementia may also experience changes in their mood or behaviour. 1.2: The Key functions of the brain affected by dementia are: * Language * Memory * Perception * Emotional behaviour or personality * Cognitive skills (such as calculation, abstract thinking, or judgement). 1.3: Depression, delirium and age related memory impairment could be mistaken for dementia as they all manifest with similar symptoms.
Although there a small amount of cases of Alzheimer’s and frontotemporal dementia can be inherited from a previous generation. Vascular dementia is where the blood supply to the brain is interrupted, if there is restricted or stopped blood supply to the brain that’s when the cells being to die which results in brain damage. * Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia, this form of the disease is the loss of cells in brain which causes the brain to shrink. The medical term for this is ‘Atrophy’. The most affected part of the brain is the Cerebral Cortex; this part
Dementia is a collection of symptoms including memory loss, personality change, and impaired intellectual functions resulting from disease or trauma to the brain. These changes are not part of normal aging and are severe enough to impact daily living, independence, and relationships. There will likely be noticeable decline in communication, learning, remembering, and problem solving. These changes may occur quickly or very slowly over time. Common signs and symptoms of dementia include: * Memory loss * Impaired judgment
Rarer forms of dementia are: Fronto temperal dementia which is brain damage usually focused in the front or temporal parts of the brain. This tends to affect younger people and men. Types of this dementia include Picks disease and dementia associated with motor neurone disease. It tends to affect personality and behaviour initially, more than memory. The types of memory impairment commonly experienced by people with dementia are: Memory problems such as short term memory or memory recall i.e.
Memory, attention, thought, senses and movement, which the cerebellum lobe (right at the bottom of the brain next to the brain stem) is responsible for, can also be affected. Memory forming, organizing, storing and emotions, which the hippocampus lobe (small lobe in the middle of the brain) is responsible for, can also be affected. Q1.3) Explain why depression. Delirium and age related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia. A) Depression, delirium and age related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia because they share many of the same symptoms of dementia.
Cognitive functions are associated with certain areas of the brain. With the case of Phineas Gage this shows how brain damage can affect a person's cognitive functioning. Though Phineas Gage survived his accident it showed that with certain parts of the brain becoming injured a person's cognitive function is affected. References Kotowicz, Z. (2007).
In vascular dementia, changes in thinking skills sometimes occur suddenly following strokes that block major brain blood vessels. Thinking problems also may begin as mild changes that worsen gradually as a result of multiple minor strokes or other conditions that affect smaller blood vessels, leading to cumulative damage. Frontotemporal dementia is one of the less common forms of dementia. The term covers a range of specific conditions. It is sometimes called Pick's disease or frontal lobe
Katrina Palmer Stour Valley Community Care Impact of acquired brain injury on individuals Katrina Palmer Stour Valley Community Care Impact of acquired brain injury on individuals Describe with Acquired Brain injury is An acquired brain injury is any sudden damage to the brain received during a person’s lifetime which is not a result of a birth trauma. Acquired brain injuries normally have long term problems in the areas of thinking and behaviour and are not easy to see or recognize like physical disabilities. Identify three possible causes of Acquired Brain Injury * A traumatic injury such as a road traffic accident, a fall or a sporting injury * Stroke * Viral infection, such as meningitis or septacemia Explain
Unit 237 - Dementia Awareness Understand what dementia is Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Dementia describes a range of signs and symptoms that occur to an individual when part of the brain is affected by certain diseases and various conditions such as Alzheimer’s. Symptoms that may include memory loss and difficulty thinking. Dementia is progressive, which means the symptoms will gradually get worse over time. Dementia affects people at different stages of life, affects different parts of the brain and at different speeds. Describe the key functions of the brain that are – affected by dementia The Brain Brain cells Spinal cord Frontal lobe Parietal lobe Temporal lobe Cerebellum Occipital lobe Explain why depression, delirium and age-related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia The above symptoms are very similar to Dementia and this is why people get mistaken, it is very important that an individual with symptoms gets assessed by a GP to determine the condition.