Understand the Process and Experience of Dementia
Carol Mitchie
Sunshine Solutions
Learner ID: 5795
There are a number of causes of Dementia, they include:
Alzheimers - is a physical disease that affects the brain. There are nore than half a million people in the UK with the disease. Alzheimers is progress when a build up of proteins in the brain lead to a loss of connection between the nerve cells. This itself causes the death of these nerve cells and the loss of brain tissue. People with alzheimers also suffer from a shortage of chemicals in their brain. Thesse chemicals are used to transmit signals around the brain. Where there is a shortage the signals are not transmitted effectively. This causes the person to have confusion over places and time and also issues with thinking and memory loss.
Vascular Dementia – This is the second most common type of demenia. This affects roughly 15% of people in the UK. The word dementia describes a range of symptoms that can include memory loss and difficulties with thinking and sorting out issues. Vascular Dementia symtpons occur when the brain is damaged due to blood supply to the brain.
Picks – this is otherwise known as Frontotemporal dementia, It si one of the less common forms of dementia. It is caused when nerve cells in the frontoal lobes of the brain die and the pathways that connect them change. Some of the chemical messengers are lost and in time this causes the frontal and temporal lobes to shrink. This form of dementia causes change in behaviour, personality and difficulited with speaking and understanding simple instructions.
Lewy Bodies – are tiny deposits of protein that appear in the nerve cells. There is not a full understanding of why they appear in the brain or why they contribute to dementia. Their presence s linked to the low levels of the chemical messengers and to the loss of connections between nerve cells. With time there is a progressive death of nerve cells and loss of brain tissue. Lewy Bodies are found to be the underlying cause of
Sunshine Solutions
Learner ID: 5795
There are a number of causes of Dementia, they include:
Alzheimers - is a physical disease that affects the brain. There are nore than half a million people in the UK with the disease. Alzheimers is progress when a build up of proteins in the brain lead to a loss of connection between the nerve cells. This itself causes the death of these nerve cells and the loss of brain tissue. People with alzheimers also suffer from a shortage of chemicals in their brain. Thesse chemicals are used to transmit signals around the brain. Where there is a shortage the signals are not transmitted effectively. This causes the person to have confusion over places and time and also issues with thinking and memory loss.
Vascular Dementia – This is the second most common type of demenia. This affects roughly 15% of people in the UK. The word dementia describes a range of symptoms that can include memory loss and difficulties with thinking and sorting out issues. Vascular Dementia symtpons occur when the brain is damaged due to blood supply to the brain.
Picks – this is otherwise known as Frontotemporal dementia, It si one of the less common forms of dementia. It is caused when nerve cells in the frontoal lobes of the brain die and the pathways that connect them change. Some of the chemical messengers are lost and in time this causes the frontal and temporal lobes to shrink. This form of dementia causes change in behaviour, personality and difficulited with speaking and understanding simple instructions.
Lewy Bodies – are tiny deposits of protein that appear in the nerve cells. There is not a full understanding of why they appear in the brain or why they contribute to dementia. Their presence s linked to the low levels of the chemical messengers and to the loss of connections between nerve cells. With time there is a progressive death of nerve cells and loss of brain tissue. Lewy Bodies are found to be the underlying cause of