Symptoms and Diagnosis of Dementia

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Updated April 2012

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Title:   Dementia explained
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Dementia is a progressive deterioration in a person's functioning. The most common cause is Alzheimer's disease but there are other causes including Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease. Common early symptoms include memory loss, confusion, personality changes, apathy and withdrawal.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Dementia - tips for young people
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Dementia can be difficult to understand, especially for children and young people. A simple explanation of dementia and its effects will help children and adolescents understand what is happening to their parent, grandparent or other family member.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Dementia - through all its stages
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The progress of dementia, from the early stages to the final severe form of the disease, varies from person to person. A person's abilities will deteriorate - sometimes rapidly, over a few months; in other cases, more slowly, over a number of years.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Dementia - choosing residential care
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A person with dementia may require residential care and may not be able to live at home. This is a difficult decision for a carer, who may also be a spouse or partner. Some facilities offer low level care, high level care or dementia specific care.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Dementia - different types
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Dementia describes the symptoms of a large group of illnesses including Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, Parkinson's disease, Huntingdon's disease, alcohol-related dementia, AIDS-related dementia and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Symptoms include loss of memory, intellect, rationality, social skills and normal emotional reactions.
Date:   Feb 2011
Title:   Dementia
Publisher:   Department of Health Western Australia
Description:   Diagnostic imaging algorithm for patients with cognitive decline, once systemic causes have been excluded.
Date:   Jan 2012
Title:   Dementia - safety issues
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Dementia can affect a person's safety. Dementia symptoms include confusion, memory loss and disorientation. Family, friends and health professionals can help a person with dementia feel and be safe and secure.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Dementia
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Dementia is a broad term used to describe loss of memory alongside a decline in thinking ability, rationality, social skills and what would be considered normal emotional reactions.
Date:   Dec 2009
Title:   Treating dementia
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Describes the diagnosis of dementia, and types, assessment and planning, drug and non-drug therapies for the condition.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   No convincing evidence from one trial of the efficacy of cholinesterase inhibitors for dementia with Lewy bodies
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The characteristic features of dementia with Lewy bodies are dementia, marked fluctuation of cognitive ability, early and persistent visual hallucinations and spontaneous motor features of Parkinsonism. Other symptoms are repeated falls, syncope, transi...
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Driving assessment for maintaining mobility and safety in drivers with dementia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The proportion of older people in the world is increasing and consequently the number of older drivers is also on the rise. Older people commonly depend upon private motor vehicles for their transport needs and so assessment of older drivers with cognit...
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Dementia progression - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   People with dementia differ in the sorts of problems they have and the progression of the disease. Find out about the phases of dementia.
Date:   Jul 2005
Title:   Dementia: what is it? - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Dementia is a term for a progressive decline in a person's memory, intellect, rationality, social skills and emotional reactions. Find out about the causes and types of dementia and what you can do.
Date:   Jul 2005
Title:   Driving and dementia - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Dementia can affect driving ability in a number of ways. Any changes in your ability to drive may mean that you should stop.
Date:   Jul 2005
Title:   Vascular dementia - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Vascular dementia is the broad term for dementia associated with problems of circulation of blood to the brain.
Date:   Jul 2005
Title:   Diagnosing dementia: mental status testing and beyond
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Two tools that are commonly used for assessing dementia are the Mini-Mental State Examination and the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale (Cognitive sub-scale). These tests are not as complete as neuropsychological assessments.
Date:   Feb 2005
Title:   Dementia - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   About one in 3 people over the age of 80 will have some degree of dementia, which is sometimes described as 'brain failure'.
Date:   May 2002
Title:   Late-life depression: what can be done?
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Depression is commonly unrecognised in the elderly. There is also the problem of defining depression in old age.
Date:   Jun 2001

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