Dementia

Question 1

Is dementia a normal part of aging?

Answer 1

No

Question 2

What age group is commonly affected by dementia?

Answer 2

Over 65’s

Question 3

What do the frontal lobes do?

Answer 3

Control planning, rational thought and is where info is stored and processed.

Question 4

What symptoms do you get when the frontal lobes are damaged?

Answer 4

Early on; Personality changes, apathy, lethargy, loss of interest in things they once enjoyed.
Late stages; Mobility can be effected.

Question 5

Where is the frontal lobe?

Answer 5

The front of the head.

Question 6

Where is the temporal lobe?

Answer 6

Nears temples

Question 7

Where is the parietal lobe?

Answer 7

On the top to the sides.

Question 8

Where is the occipital lobe?

Answer 8

At the back.

Question 9

What does the temporal lobe do?

Answer 9

Stores knowledge and hearing.

Question 10

What can damaging the temporal lobe do?

Answer 10

cause memory loss

Question 11

What does the occipital lobe do?

Answer 11

Deals with visual information.

Question 11

What does damaging the parietal lobe do?

Answer 11

It can cause problems with skilled movement, peforming gestures (apraxia)

Question 12

What causes vascular dementia?

Answer 12

Blood has flooded an area of the brain, or no blood is reaching an area of the brain.

Question 13

What causes Alzheimer’s?

Answer 13

Protein build up in the brain, blocking of pathways.

Question 14

What are the 4 stages of dementia?

Answer 14

1 - Keeping well, prevention and finding out its dementia
2 - Living well
3 - Living well with increasing help and support
4 - End of life and dying well

Question 15

What is Dementia?

Answer 15

Dementia is a syndrome in which there is deterioration in memory, thinking, behaviour and the ability to perform everyday activities

Question 16

Is damage from Dementia reversible?

Answer 16

No

Question 17

What are the symptoms of dementia?

Answer 17

Deterioration in cognitive functioning, memory, orientation, communication, reasoning and personality changes.

Question 18

What causes Dementias symptoms?

Answer 18

Degeneration or death of brain cells

Question 19

What does Scotland have that makes Dementia a bigger problem?

Answer 19

Ageing population

Question 20

What conditions increase the risk of Vascular dementia?

Answer 20

Cardiovascular conditions such as high blood pressure, Heart disease, diabetes and stroke.

Question 20

What are some lifestyle choices that can increase risk of vascular dementia?

Answer 20

consuming lots of Saturated fats
Smoking
Being overweight
Sedentary lifestyle
Drinking too much

Question 21

Name 4 types of Dementia

Answer 21

Alzheimers
Vascular
Korsakoffs
Lewy Body
Frontotemporal/Picks
Parkinsons Dementia
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
AIDs dementia

Question 22

What is the biggest risk factor for Lewy body Dementia?

Answer 22

Increased age - Over 65/70 year olds are at significantly higher risk

Question 23

What factors increase risk of Lewy Body Dementia?

Answer 23

Being Male Parkinsons/other degenerative neurological conditions Exposure to certain toxins (e.g. pesticides or heavy metals, solvents or neurotoxins) Sticky body proteins clumping together affect nerve cells causing cell death

Question 24

What are the 4 stages of Dementia?

Answer 24

1 - Keeping well, prevention and finding out it's dementia 2 - Living well 3 - Living well with increasing help and support 4 - End of life and dying well

Question 25

What behaviours would you expect to see in The keeping well/prevention stage of dementia?

Answer 25

Forgetful/poor short term memory Paranoia Agitation Signs/symptoms of depression Difficulty with everyday tasks.

Question 26

how does early forgetful behaviour display itself in dementia?

Answer 26

forgetting appointments, birthdays and other important dates

Question 27

How does early paranoid behaviour display itself in dementia?

Answer 27

Due to short term memory loss they may begin misplacing items and accusing others of moving them. May have taken their medication, forgotten then blame someone else for stealing them/taking them.

Question 28

How might Agitation be displayed in early stage dementia?

Answer 28

Links to paranoia as if they think a person is taking their things and they can't remember that they actually moved it themselves they are likely to be quite irritated

Question 29

How does depression/being withdrawn display itself in dementia?

Answer 29

Less likely to involve themselves in social interactions possibly due to embarrassment at the fact that they are now frequently forgetful or because friends are avoiding them as their symptoms are difficult to deal with.

Question 30

How might difficulty with everyday tasks display itself in early stage dementia?

Answer 30

May perform steps in the wrong order or miss some entirely e.g. forgetting to boil the kettle before pouring it in their tea cup or forgetting to turn the oven on/off when cooking.

Question 31

What behaviours might you see in Living well well stage of dementia?

Answer 31

forgetting family/friends names disorientation to time and place. easily lost in unfamiliar environments Inappropriate behaviour Repeated questioning difficulty with communication neglectful of self (poor personal care)

Question 32

What behaviours might you see in the living well with increasing help and support stage of dementia?

Answer 32

Difficulty in recognising family and friends Easily lost in familiar environments unable to attend to personal care Incontinence unable to complete everyday tasks Language and communication difficulties

Question 33

What behaviours might you see in the end of life and dying well stage of dementia?

Answer 33

Physical decline Unable to attend to personal care Unable to attend to nutritional needs Unable to attend to continence needs mobility problems or immobility.

Question 34

What are the risk factors for Frontotemporal lobe dementia?

Answer 34

Genetic risk factors (GRN gene puts you at high risk) age - between 40-65 Head trauma - one significant injury to frontal/temporal lobe repeated concussions and loss of consciousness