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  1. in the world we live in today. We hear the word dementia.
  2. But do we know what it actually means?
  3. So you might ask yourself, what is dementia,
  4. dementia is a general term of loss of memory,
  5. language and other thinking abilities that can affect your life.
  6. What causes a person to have the mission
  7. damage to the brain,
  8. which interferes with the ability of brain cells to communicate with each other
  9. signs of dementia,
  10. confusion with time or place,
  11. impaired judgment,
  12. problems with language misplacing things change in moods and behavior.
  13. Some symptoms of dementia is forgetfulness,
  14. limited social skills and difficult completing familiar tests.
  15. Statistics of Dementia today,
  16. an estimate 6.2 million Americans age 65 and older are
  17. living with dementia from the past year of 2021.
  18. Also 72% are aged 75 or older,
  19. nine and one people aged 65 and older 11.3 also have dementia.
  20. Today,
  21. diagnosis,
  22. there is no test to determine if you have
  23. damages doctors diagnose you based on medical history.
  24. A physical exam can be done.
  25. Laboratory tests can be done as well and doctors
  26. pay attention to characteristics and changing and thinking and behavior
  27. treatment if the dementia is progressive,
  28. there is no treatment that slows or stops progression sadly.
  29. But there are drug treatments that may temporarily improve symptoms.
  30. Medical education.
  31. It is important for people with early dementia to
  32. take care of their physical and mental health,
  33. which means a good diet checkups, taking medications,
  34. exercising and playing memory games that can help your memory gets stronger.
  35. Help lined 24 7 helpline. You can call 1 802 723900 Alzheimer's Association.
  36. How has COVID-19 impact?
  37. Alzheimer's dementia in the United States,
  38. dementia deaths have increased 16% during the COVID-19 pandemic, sadly.
  39. And that is a lie.
  40. So if you want to learn more information about how dementia
  41. can affect your family member or how it has affected view,
  42. you can look on these websites to learn
  43. more information to get a better understanding of
  44. what exactly is dementia and how it impacts
  45. our other people or your family's daily life.
  46. Thank you.