What is dementia?
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Dementia is the generic term for a collection of symptoms associated with a decline in a person’s cognitive abilities. This includes things like memory loss, loss of impulse control, loss of ability to think and reason, loss of emotional regulation, loss of the ability to speak, and even a decline and loss of the ability to control or move your body. Dementia is typically and most commonly associated with old age, but it can also result from certain genetic disorders, non-genetic diseases, or physical brain injuries.
Dementia is typically progressive, meaning the symptoms often start out mild and increase in severity as time passes. Some types of dementia can be slowed down but there is no cure and no typically no way to reverse any of the cognitive decline.
The most common type of dementia that you’ve probably heard of is Alzheimer’s disease, which makes up more than half of all types of dementia.
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