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What is Dementia?

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Dementia is the term used for a collection of symptoms that are caused by disorders affecting the brain–it is not one specific disease. There are 6 main cognitive domains that may be affected by dementia. An estimated 1,800 new cases of dementia are detected each week and this is expected to grow.

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Dementia should not be considered a ‘normal’ part of ageing. Dementia can happen to anybody, though it is more common after 65 years of age. There are six main cognitive domains that may be affected by dementia. They include complex attention; executive function; learning and memory; language; social cognition and perceptual-motor function.

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Yam Gurung
15 Mar 2021
It has helped me to gain more knowledge about dementia people and cope with them in agec care.
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Lee-Anne ABIHANNA
28 Feb 2021
This dementia types and symptoms have improved my knowledge of how to handle it if I come across it I . My work place. It really helped me a lot.
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Danna HUANG
31 Mar 2021
detect early signs of dementia can help with better understanding of alter mood of dementia's patient
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Saragh Parfitt
08 Oct 2020
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Bishal Shrestha
26 Jan 2021
It is a very relevant topic for the scope of practice in nursing which provides information and boost knowledge.
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19 May 2022
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Pratila Shrestha
03 Nov 2020
With the help of this course i came to know more about the dementia and different types and how to deal better with them.
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Remy Callow
01 Aug 2020
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Marielle Santos
07 Aug 2020
Informative and very useful for nurses.
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