If you are worried that you are getting more forgetful, or you have been feeling confused, anxious, or low for a while, it is a good idea to visit your GP. Such symptoms may be caused by several conditions, but they may also be an indication of dementia. Your GP...
A brain scan is included in the standard evaluation for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Both CT (computed tomography) scans and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans will show brain changes caused by dementia. For more information or if you wish to...
A research is currently under way to develop a blood test that can detect dementia up to two decades before people develop any symptoms relating to Alzheimer’s such as memory loss. The research undertaken by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in...
A brain scan is included in the standard evaluation for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Both CT (computed tomography) scans and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans will show brain changes caused by dementia. For more information or if you...
If you’re worried about your memory, or think you may have dementia, please see your GP. If you’re worried about someone else’s memory problems, encourage them to make an appointment with their GP and perhaps suggest that you go with them. Getting a...
There are several risk factors which affect someone getting dementia. Some of these factors you will not be able to change, such as: Age – dementia usually affects people who are over 65 years old. Above this age, a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease or...
Many of us get a little more forgetful as we get older. Most of us will take a bit longer to remember things when we get distracted, and we may struggle to multi-task as well as we did when we were younger. This may become especially noticeable from middle age...
Although people don’t die from dementia, the presence of the disease can accelerate other illnesses (such as pneumonia) that can be fatal. The actual death of a person with dementia is usually caused by another condition, for example the person is likely to be frail...
Dementia is counted as a disability by the Equality Act 2010, as it causes “long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments, which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis...
When someone develops dementia, the first part of the brain that gets affected is the hippocampus. This part of the brain is the centre of learning and memory. That’s why memory loss is often one of the earliest symptoms of Alzheimer’s. For more...
