Abstract:A diagnosis of dementia could be frightening for those affected by the syndrome, their family members and caregivers. Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning, which means the loss of the ability to think, remember, or reason, as well as behavioural abilities, to such an extent that it interferes with a person's daily life and activities. In fact, this is not a disease but a group of related syndromes. Dementia presents a neurodegenerative, progressively evolving, irreversible brain damage. Its symptomato… Show more
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