Symptoms of Dementia Care Centre | Jagruti Rehabilitation

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Dementia Care

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Introduction

• Dementia is not a single illness but a group of
  symptoms caused by damage to the brain. The
  symptoms include loss of memory, mood changes and
  confusion.
• Dementia is caused by diseases of the brain.
  There are different types of dementia including
  Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, dementia
  with Lewy bodies andfrontotemporal dementia

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Symptoms Of Dementia

• Memory Loss
• Fronto-Temporal Dementia
• Later Stages
• Communication
• Incontinence
• Eating

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Memory Loss

• Usually recent memory loss is remarkable. Patient
  may forget names, routes, passwords etc. But he
  can remember well his days in younger age or
  school name or birth date, etc.
• Person may get confused in unfamiliar environment
  may get lost.
• Difficulty in finding the words.
• Changes in personality behavior
• Depressive symptoms, loss of interest may be
  there.
• Early symptoms are often mild, called as
  cognitive impairment, slowly get worse. This is
  the right time to treat patients with current
  medications.
• Some patients develop forgetfulness slowly while
  others fast.
• Vascular Dementia symptoms usually develop
  suddenly but slowly recover they may persist
  without much worsening.
• Dementia with Lewy Bodies develops visual
  hallucinations their activities become slower
  as Parkinsonism increases.

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Fronto-Temporal Dementia

• Fronto-Temporal Dementia typically has more
  changes in behavior personality than Memory.
  Usually these develop very quickly, may be in
  months.
• This develops early in sixties person may be
  working before onset.
• Symptoms corresponding to frontal lobe like
  repetitive behavior, difficulty in language, Mood
  disturbances may be there.

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Later Stages

• As dementia progresses memory become more
  disturbed. Patients tend to forget names of near
  relatives, also daily routine of person may get
  affected.
• They tend to forget to eat sleep. They cant
  take care of themselves may need assistance in
  everything.
• They may find difficult to understand simple
  information, tasks or instructions.

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Communication

• There may be difficulty in speaking or may loss
  ability to speak. There is need to communicate
  them with nonverbal communications like touch
  gestures.

Mobility

• Gradually their movement get restricted. They
  cant move without support may become bedbound.
  Sometimes rigidity may develop due to less
  movement. There are chances of bedsores which
  eventually lead to ore seriousness.

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Incontinence

• Actually they are not incontinent they forget
  toilets pass urine stool anywhere. Diapers
  may be required, sometimes they are unwilling to
  use diapers then the real problem occurs.

Eating

• Loss of petite weight loss is common in later
  stages. Its important to give them food on
  timely basis, sometimes multiple times as they
  forget or may say I just ate. Swallowing
  difficulties are common, may lead to choking.
  Aspiration pneumonias are common.

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THANK YOU

• Jagruti Rehabilitation Centre
• Manjari Farm, Pune Solapur Road,
• Opposite Govind Lodge, Hadapsar, Pune,
• Maharashtra 412307
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