Dementia

Dementia is an umbrella term for conditions involving cognitive impairment, with symptoms that include memory loss, personality changes, and issues with language, communication, and thinking. Dementia is not a normal part of aging – while small short-term memory decreases are an expected part of aging, dementia causes serious impairment and can hugely impact quality of life. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia; other related dementias, with similar presentation and symptoms, include frontotemporal dementia, Lewy body dementia, and vascular dementia.

Source of information: www.dementia.org.