Mental Health - Chapter 17 Dementia
Dementia - ANSWER • Insidious onset and difficult to deal with on many levels
• Often pt. physically present and capable but mentally not
• Difficult for all involvedl to cope with the conditions
Alzheimer - ANSWER 1. Age related onset
2. Neurological
3. Degenerative
4. Predominantly older than 65 years of age
5. Most common of the dementia's
Other Dementia Conditions - ANSWER 1. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
2. HIV/AIDS Related Disease
3. Brain Tumors
4. Brain Trauma
5. Infectious Diseases
6. Toxic Exposure
7. Vitamin B-12 Deficiency
What causes dementia in young adults? - ANSWER usually is due to metabolic
disorders, substance abuse, immune mediated disease, and infectious disease.
Dementia Statistics - ANSWER • By 2050, 11-16 Million estimated to have Alzheimer's
Disease, this will cost approximately 148 Billion per year.
•34 Million caregivers dealing with Alzheimer's at present.
What abilities are lost from Dementia? - ANSWER a. Thinking
b. Memory
c. Problem-solving
d. Calculating
e. Judgment
• The gradual or acute decline in abilities follows a predictable
Progressive Dementia - ANSWER A condition that is not reversible, cognitive declines
and ongoing - Examples: Alzheimer's, Pick Disease, Huntington's etc...
Static Dementia - ANSWER Not a progressive decline
• Example: Traumatic Brain Injury, (recovery and improvement is possible)
DSM IV TR on Dementia - ANSWER Indicates that memory impairment must be
present with one or more of the following: Aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, and loss
of executive functioning
Define Memory Impairment - ANSWER The inability to learn new information and or
recall past information.• Mild Memory Problem is frustrating : Can be
determined to exist based on severe difficulties with learning new material and inability
to change routines
Dementia - ANSWER • Insidious onset and difficult to deal with on many levels
• Often pt. physically present and capable but mentally not
• Difficult for all involvedl to cope with the conditions
Alzheimer - ANSWER 1. Age related onset
2. Neurological
3. Degenerative
4. Predominantly older than 65 years of age
5. Most common of the dementia's
Other Dementia Conditions - ANSWER 1. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
2. HIV/AIDS Related Disease
3. Brain Tumors
4. Brain Trauma
5. Infectious Diseases
6. Toxic Exposure
7. Vitamin B-12 Deficiency
What causes dementia in young adults? - ANSWER usually is due to metabolic
disorders, substance abuse, immune mediated disease, and infectious disease.
Dementia Statistics - ANSWER • By 2050, 11-16 Million estimated to have Alzheimer's
Disease, this will cost approximately 148 Billion per year.
•34 Million caregivers dealing with Alzheimer's at present.
What abilities are lost from Dementia? - ANSWER a. Thinking
b. Memory
c. Problem-solving
d. Calculating
e. Judgment
• The gradual or acute decline in abilities follows a predictable
Progressive Dementia - ANSWER A condition that is not reversible, cognitive declines
and ongoing - Examples: Alzheimer's, Pick Disease, Huntington's etc...
Static Dementia - ANSWER Not a progressive decline
• Example: Traumatic Brain Injury, (recovery and improvement is possible)
DSM IV TR on Dementia - ANSWER Indicates that memory impairment must be
present with one or more of the following: Aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, and loss
of executive functioning
Define Memory Impairment - ANSWER The inability to learn new information and or
recall past information.• Mild Memory Problem is frustrating : Can be
determined to exist based on severe difficulties with learning new material and inability
to change routines
