Question

teaching project narrative for dementia

Answer 1

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Teaching objectives

Students will be able to understand

1. what is dementia.
2. Types of dementia
3. Causes of dementia
4. Stages of dementia
5. Types of dementia
6. Signs and symptoms of dementia
7. Treatment of dementia

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• Definition of dementia

Dementia is a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain diseases or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes and impaired reasoning.

• Types of dementia

1. Alzheimers disease : most known and common type dementia. Alzheimers is a consequence of an abnormal shrinkage of the brain. First sign of this disease include difficulty to remember. Example, the day , the place or recent events.
2. Dementia with Lewy Bodies : similar to alzheimers, this type of dementia features like Parkinsonism such as tremors and stuffiness. It comes with sleeping disorders and visual hallucinations.
3. Vascular Dementia : every stroke and vascular accident causes brain cell damage and tissue loss. Thus alzheimers like symptoms can appear.  
4. Frontotemporal dementia : in this type neurodegeneration affects more the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain and it causes important changes in behavior and personality. Symptoms include language trouble , difficulty to move and mem

• Causes of dementia

Dementia is caused by damage to brain cells , which interferes with ability of the brain cells to communicate with each other and that will affect thinking, behavior and feelings.  

• Stages of dementia