Dementia

Dementia

Dementia is a range of symptoms associated with mental functions that interfere with daily activities, it can affect memory, language, orientation, judgement, and social behaviour. There are various subtypes of dementia, the most common are Alzheimers disease, vascular dementia, Lewy bodies and frontotemporal dementia. The main risk factor for dementia is age and as the life expectancy of our population increases it is expected that the numbers of people living with dementia will rise.

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