Dementia*What is Dementia? -Dementia is a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning.

*Top 5 signs you realize you are starting to develop Dementia: -Memory Loss, Mood Swings, Poor Judgment, Misplacing Items, & Getting Lost.

*Confusion between Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia: -When a person is diagnosed with dementia, they are being diagnosed with a set of symptoms. Therefore, when someone has dementia they are experiencing symptoms without being told what is causing those symptoms.

-Another major difference between the two is that Alzheimer’s is not a reversible disease. It is degenerative and incurable at this time. Some forms of dementia, such as a drug interaction or a vitamin deficiency, are actually reversible or temporary.

-Once a cause of dementia is found appropriate treatment and counseling can begin. Until a proper diagnosis is made, the best approach to any dementia is communication and loving care.

In her 60s, a woman's estimated lifetime risk for developing

Alzheimer's is 1 in 6. For breast cancer it is 1 in 11.

Almost two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's are women.

There are 2.5 times more women than men providing intensive “on-

duty” care 24 hours a day for someone with Alzheimer's.

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More than 60 percent of Alzheimer's and dementia

caregivers are women.