What is dementia?

Dementia in older adults is usually a progressive mental deterioration, involving functions such as memory learning and problem solving.

Initially there is little visible change on an everyday basis. Mental deterioration usually progresses slowly over a period of months for older people with dementia

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How is dementia treated?

What is dementia caused?

The symptoms of dementia

^{Reviewed by Dr Duncan Ian Rodseth, MB Bch MMed (psych). Consultant Psychiatrist in private practice, Parktown Johannesburg. March 2015}