dementia awareness
Dementia Awareness
Task A
1) The term 'dementia' describes a set of symptoms that include loss of memory, mood changes, and problems with communication and reasoning. There are many types of dementia. The most common are Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. Dementia is progressive, which means the symptoms will gradually get worse.
2) Examples of different types of dementia are: Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular dementia, Dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson’s disease, Frototemporal dementia and Huntington’s disease.
3) Statistics to show how many people are affected by different types of dementia are as follows:
• There are currently 800,000 people with dementia in the UK.
• There are over 17,000 younger people with dementia in the UK.
• There are over 25,000 people with dementia from black and minority ethnic groups in the UK.
• There will be over a million people with dementia by 2021.
• Two thirds of people with dementia are women.
• The proportion of people with dementia doubles for every 5 year age group.
• One third of people over 95 have dementia.
• 60,000 deaths a year are directly attributable to dementia.
• Delaying the onset of dementia by 5 years would reduce deaths directly attributable to dementia by 30,000 a year.
• The financial cost of dementia to the UK will be over £23 billion in 2012.
• There are 670,000 carers of people with dementia in the UK
• Family carers of people with dementia save the UK over £8 billion a year.
• 80% of people living in care homes have a form of dementia or severe memory problems.
• Two thirds of people with dementia live in the community while one third live in a care home.
• Only 44% of people with dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive a diagnosis
4) Many factors can eventually lead to dementia. Some factors, such as age, can't be changed. Others can be addressed to reduce your risk. Risk factors that can't be changed Age. As you age, the risk of
Task A
1) The term 'dementia' describes a set of symptoms that include loss of memory, mood changes, and problems with communication and reasoning. There are many types of dementia. The most common are Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. Dementia is progressive, which means the symptoms will gradually get worse.
2) Examples of different types of dementia are: Alzheimer’s disease, Vascular dementia, Dementia with Lewy bodies, Parkinson’s disease, Frototemporal dementia and Huntington’s disease.
3) Statistics to show how many people are affected by different types of dementia are as follows:
• There are currently 800,000 people with dementia in the UK.
• There are over 17,000 younger people with dementia in the UK.
• There are over 25,000 people with dementia from black and minority ethnic groups in the UK.
• There will be over a million people with dementia by 2021.
• Two thirds of people with dementia are women.
• The proportion of people with dementia doubles for every 5 year age group.
• One third of people over 95 have dementia.
• 60,000 deaths a year are directly attributable to dementia.
• Delaying the onset of dementia by 5 years would reduce deaths directly attributable to dementia by 30,000 a year.
• The financial cost of dementia to the UK will be over £23 billion in 2012.
• There are 670,000 carers of people with dementia in the UK
• Family carers of people with dementia save the UK over £8 billion a year.
• 80% of people living in care homes have a form of dementia or severe memory problems.
• Two thirds of people with dementia live in the community while one third live in a care home.
• Only 44% of people with dementia in England, Wales and Northern Ireland receive a diagnosis
4) Many factors can eventually lead to dementia. Some factors, such as age, can't be changed. Others can be addressed to reduce your risk. Risk factors that can't be changed Age. As you age, the risk of