Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: Dementia is a syndrome, usually chronic, characterized by a progressive, global deterioration in intellect including memory, learning, orientation, language, comprehension and judgement due to disease of the brain. The common causes are Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia and other neurodegenerative diseases. As the world population is growing older day by day, the incidence of dementia is also increasing in its full pace. Dementia is also, one of the major causes of disability in later life. It accounts for 11.9% of the years lived with disability due to a non-communicable disease in people aged 60 years and older. Hence, its impact on financial, social and psychological status of patients and their caregivers cannot be ignored and finding a novel way to tackle these health problems is the need of present times. Keywords: Dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, neurodegenerative diseases, memory, disability in later life.
Authors: AMIT KUMAR, VANDANA .
Institution: Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2346324391