Dementia

Dementia - Symptoms

All types of dementia involve decline in mental abilities involving thinking and memory, but the specific symptoms vary depending on the type of dementia. Patients may have difficulties with:

Memory loss affecting work
Difficulty doing daily tasks
Problems with language
Confusion about time/place
Poor/decreased judgement and problems with abstract thinking
Losing/forgetting things
Changes in personality
Loss of initiative
Changes in mood behaviour

Dementia - Preparing for surgery

Dementia - Post-surgery care

Alzheimer’s Disease,

Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders,

Stroke

Article contributed by Psychiatry, Singapore General Hospital; Department of Psychiatry, Sengkang General Hospital

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