What is Dementia?
Dementia is a disorder that leads to a lack of memory, language, problem-solving, and other thinking abilities. It results due to damage to nerve cells and their connections in the brain. The disease affects the cognitive and psychological potentials of the person and interferes with daily life.
How to diagnose Dementia?
Diagnosing dementia is challenging. He needs to identify the pattern of the lack of skills, function and also determine his potentials. Tests measuring thinking skills help in evaluating the thinking ability of the person. It includes analyzing memory, orientation, reasoning and judgment, language skills, and attention abilities.
Neurological evaluations by experts add to the findings. It includes measuring language, visual perception, attention, problem-solving, movement, senses, balance, and reflexes potentials. The psychiatric evaluation further helps in finding if depression or another mental health condition is contributing.
Treatment includes management as a complete cure for the problem is still missing in medical science. Ashoka hospital provides a range of OPD and IPD services that facilitates the treatment of dementia through therapies.
The peaceful and calm environment that Ashoka hospital has for its patients helps a person with dementia to relax, focus and stay calm. Monitoring systems helps to track their activities, analyze them, and prepare treatment plans accordingly.
Trainers organize the work routine of the patients that helps reduce confusion in people with dementia. Experts recommend caretakers break the tasks into simple forms and easy steps. It facilitates the functioning of a person with dementia.
