How fast dementia progresses will depend on the individual person and what type of dementia they have. Each person is unique and will experience dementia in their own way. 2) Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia: The key functions that are affected by dementia are: * Temporal Lobe – Responsible for vision, memory, language, hearing and learning. * Frontal Lobe – Responsible for decision making, problem solving, control behaviour and emotions. * Parietal Lobe – Responsible for sensory information from the body, also where letters are formed, putting things in order and spatial awareness.
Nina 1 Dementia describes a group of symptoms that are caused by changes in brain function. Dementia symptoms may include asking the same questions repeatedly; becoming lost in familiar places; being unable to follow directions; getting disoriented about time, people, and places; and neglecting personal safety, hygiene, and nutrition. People with dementia lose their abilities at different rates. They are several neurologic disease for which dementia is the major symptom. They are called neurodegenerative disorder simply because they degenerate the nervous system .Alzheimer disease is by far the most common neurodegenerative disorder.The cause of AD are still very unclear.
Unit 533 - Understand the process and experience of dementia Learning outcome 1 - Understand the neurology of dementia 1. Describe a range of causes of dementia syndrome There are many different forms of dementia and each has its own causes. Dementia may also be a symptom that develops in the later stages of some illnesses. Some of the most common forms or causes of dementia include: • Alzheimer’s disease • Vascular dementia • Parkinson’s disease • Dementia with Lewy bodies • Huntington’s disease • Alcohol related dementia – Korsakoff’s syndrome • AIDS related dementia • Fronto Temporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD) • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and accounts for between 50 and 70 per cent of all cases.
Depending what part of brain this occurs in it will affect the way an individual thinks, remembers, walks and communicates. There is a range of causes of dementia here are son of them: • Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. It is caused by nerves cells dying in certain parts of the brain and the connection between affected nerve cells deteriorates. As dementia progresses it spreads and affects other parts of the brain. The cause of brain cells dying and deterioration of the connectors is not fully known yet.
Each person is unique and will experience dementia in their own way. It is often the case that the person's family and friends are more concerned about the symptoms than the person may be themselves. 1.2 Describe the key functions of the brain that are - affected by dementia temporal lobe = responsible foe vision, memory,laugage, hearing,learning frontal lobe = responsible for decision making , problem solving, control behaviour and emotions parietal lobe = responsible for sensory information from the body, also where letters are formed, putting things in order and spatial awareness occipital lobe = responsible for processing information related to vision cerebrum lobe = biggest part of the Brain its role is memory, attention, thought, and our consciousness, senses and movement hippocampus = responsible for memory forming, organizing and storing and emotions 1.3 Explain why depression, delirium and age-related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia Depression is common in the elderly especially those in instituional care setting and those with chronic medical conditions Symptoms of depression in the elderly may include:- - No energy - No appetite - Problems with memory and concentration - difficulty sleeping - Diminished functioning - Vauge back and neck pain
Each person is unique and will experience dementia in their own way. 1.2 Temporal Lobe-Responsible for vision, memory, language, hearing and learning. Frontal Lobe-Responsible for decision making, problem solving, control behaviour and emotions. Parietal Lobe-Responsible for sensory information from the body, also where letters are formed, putting things in order and spatial awareness. Occipital Lobe-Responsible for processing information related to vision.
The temporal lobe is focused on memory and language, this includes short term memory loss or memory of recent events and ability to explain or describe or think logically. 1.3 - Explain why depression, delirium and age related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia. · Depression, delirium and age related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia as they have similar effects on a persons behaviour, depression is a mood disorder, delirium is a sudden a severe confusion and rapid changes in brain function that occur with physical or mental illness, delirium is also described as an acute toxic confusional state and cognitive impairment is a loss of ability to think, concentrate and
Mixed Dementia – Mixed dementia is when an individual has Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia, the individual may have symptoms relating to either Alzheimer’s or vascular dementia or a mixture of both. Binswanger’s Disease – Binswanger’s disease is a vascular dementia and is caused by damage to the small blood vessels deep within the brain. Fronto-temporal Dementia – Fronto-temporal dementia is caused by damage to front of the brain, this part of the brain is responsible for language skills, behaviour and emotional responses. This form of dementia includes Pick’s disease and dementia associated with Motor Neurone Disease. Individuals with Fronto-temporal dementia may have changes in the way they behave, say inappropriate things, become aggressive, lack insight and problems with word finding.
Unit 4222-365 Understand the process and experience of dementia. Outcome 1 1,,A range of causes of dementia syndrome can be death of nerve or loss of communication between nerve cells,, Multiple cognitive deflects including memory impairment,, problems wiyh speach, failure to recognise people and decline in overall mental function. 2,, The types of memory impairment commonly experienced by individuals with dementia can be a decline in memory function results in the loss of memories of recent events/ Mobility can be affected as a result of short-term memory deficit; individuals can feel lost and wander away from their known surroundings,, / Problem solving can become a major issue as individuals find it increasingly difficult to learn new skills/ Loss of memory means that the ability to communicate is reduced as individuals tend to ask the same question over and over again or lose the thread of the conversation. 3,, Individuals with dementia experience difficulties interpreting the world due to incorrect processing of information in the brain. This can result in significant problems with perception and communication, including the ability to articulate feelings, frustration, stress and fear.
Using a different colour pen indicate where dementia effects the brain. The key functions that are affected by dementia are: Temporal lobe = Responsible for vision, memory, language, hearing and learning Frontal lobe = Responsible for decision making, problem solving, control behaviour