Dementia: A Short Note

• Mild cognitive impairment: It is characterized by the general forgetfulness. It affects many people. • Mild dementia: Individuals with mild dementia will experience the cognitive impairments that occasionally impact their daily routine life. Symptoms like confusion, memory loss , difficulty in planning, carrying out tasks, and personality changes. • Moderate dementia: In this stage people will face difficult and becomes more challenging in their daily life, and they may need more help. Individuals may need help in getting dressed and combing their hair, personality changes like becoming suspicious or agitated for no reason. There are also likely to have sleep disturbances. • Severe dementia: In this stage, symptoms have worsened considerably. There may be a chance of losing ability to communicate, and the individual might need full-time care. Simple tasks, such as sitting and holding one’s head up become impossible. They may loss Bladder control. There are several types of dementia, including: