{"id":910,"date":"2019-01-28T16:38:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T16:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coordinatedseniorservices.com\/?p=910"},"modified":"2021-03-16T20:31:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T20:31:23","slug":"forget-me-not-caring-for-someone-with-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royalty-care.com\/forget-me-not-caring-for-someone-with-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget Me Not\u2026 Caring for Someone with Dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"
Many of us do not understand the difference between Dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s disease\u2026 a lot of us believe they are the same thing. \u00a0Allow me to try to shed some light and bust some of the stigma around dementia\u2026<\/p>\n
Dementia is NOT a specific disease. The term \u201cdementia<\/em><\/strong>\u201d is an overall diagnosis of multiple symptoms that are caused by brain disorders. \u00a0Symptoms may include memory loss, difficulties with problem solving or language, mood or behaviour changes, and processing information. \u00a0Dementia is progressive, which means that the symptoms will get worse as time passes, more brain cells get damaged and, eventually, die. As previously stated, dementia can be caused by certain brain disorders, one of those being Alzheimer\u2019s disease. \u00a0Alzheimer\u2019s is a specific disease that affects the cells of the brain.<\/p>\n