Dementia

Question 1

What is Dementia?

Answer 1

• Dementia is a broad term for a range of progressive neurological conditions that affect brain function.
• It impairs:
  o Memory
  o Understanding
  o Communication
  o Reasoning

Question 2

Types of Dementia

Answer 2

• 🧩 Alzheimer’s Disease
• 💉 Vascular Dementia
• 🧠 Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB)
• 🔄 Mixed Dementia
• 🧍‍♂️ Parkinson’s Disease Dementia
• 🌐 Frontotemporal Dementia
• 🧬 Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
• 💧 Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
• 🧬 Huntington’s Disease

Question 3

Statistics

Answer 3

• 🧓 1 in 3 people over 65 will die with dementia.
• 📉 Less than 50% of people with dementia in England receive a formal diagnosis.
• 🇬🇧 Around 850,000 people live with dementia in the UK.