Dementia Training A – Healthcare Education and Cognitive Care
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is dementia a disability? - ✔✔yes it is legally a disability
what age group are most commonly diagnosed with dementia? - ✔✔over 65
what gender is dementia most common in? - ✔✔women
what are 4 challenges of dementia of those in care? - ✔✔•becoming dehydrated and
malnourished
•developing delirium
•risk of falling
•difficulty in expressing pain
dementia - ✔✔a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory, thinking, and
judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes
what are three of the most common symptoms of dementia? - ✔✔•loss of memory
•mood changes
•communication problems
why are people with down's syndrome more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease? -
✔✔Amyloid is the protein that forms the neural plaques in the brain which are found in
Alzheimer's disease. The gene that codes for amyloid is found on chromosome 21.
what are the 5 most common types of dementia? - ✔✔1)Alzheimer's disease
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is dementia a disability? - ✔✔yes it is legally a disability
what age group are most commonly diagnosed with dementia? - ✔✔over 65
what gender is dementia most common in? - ✔✔women
what are 4 challenges of dementia of those in care? - ✔✔•becoming dehydrated and
malnourished
•developing delirium
•risk of falling
•difficulty in expressing pain
dementia - ✔✔a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory, thinking, and
judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes
what are three of the most common symptoms of dementia? - ✔✔•loss of memory
•mood changes
•communication problems
why are people with down's syndrome more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease? -
✔✔Amyloid is the protein that forms the neural plaques in the brain which are found in
Alzheimer's disease. The gene that codes for amyloid is found on chromosome 21.
what are the 5 most common types of dementia? - ✔✔1)Alzheimer's disease
