While some diseases can be cured and be gone completely within days or months, some will stay with the patients for the rest of their time and take away their last chance of living a fulfilled life. One of those malicious terminal diseases is dementia.

1. UNDERSTANDING DEMENTIA

2. Getting Older
 Chances of contracting various
diseases increase significantly
 Some diseases are easy to treat
while some are terminal

3.  Dementia is a broad term to
describe brain diseases that
cause long term and gradual
deterioration of mental functions
 Dementia can also damage the
nervous system  affect sense
of touch
Dementia: Definition

4. Symptoms of Dementia
Symptoms of dementia vary for
each individual, include but not
limit to:
 Memory problems
 Communication difficulties
 Struggling to perform normal
daily activities

5. Symptoms of Dementia
 Symptoms’ progress rates vary
from one person to another
 There are no cure available for
dementia at the moment

6. Alzheimer’s
 The most common type of dementia
 Makes up 60% - 70% of cases of
dementia
 The cause is unclear
Common Types of Dementia

7. Lewy Body
 A kind of dementia closely
correlated with Parkinson disease
 The cause is not yet understood
Common Types of Dementia

8. Vascular Dementia
 The second most common form
of dementia
 Caused by a shortage of blood
to the brain, which stemmed
from a series of minor strokes
Common Types of Dementia

9. Frontotemporal Dementia
 Caused by atrophy in the
frontal lobe of the brain
 Results in progressive neuronal
loss in the frontal and/or
temporal lobes
Common Types of Dementia

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