WHAT IS DEMENTIA
Dementia is an umbrella term for a series of progressive neurological conditions. It involves loss of the ability to think, remember, and reason — and sometimes to control emotions and behaviours. Changes in certain brain regions cause neurons (nerve cells) and their connections to stop working properly.
The Alzeimer’s Society website has some useful resources:
A symptoms checklist
publications and factsheets
if you have any concerns contact your GP
While there’s no cure for dementia, medications and lifestyle modifications can slow disease progression. Lifestyle strategies can also reduce the risk of disease development, sometimes in significant ways.
Which diseases cause dementia? How do they affect the brain? What symptoms do they lead to? Voiced by Game of Thrones star Iwan Rheon, this short introduction explains the essentials of a condition affecting 850,000 people across the UK today.