Dementia
33 entries in the Dementia compendium.
ADAS-CogA widely used cognitive scale for dementia severity assessment.Agitation (dementia)Distressed affect in dementia often leading to aggression.AkinetopsiaRare disorder causing inability to perceive visual motion.Anomic aphasiaA mild fluent aphasia with word-finding difficulty but preserved comprehension.AnosognosiaA deficit of self-awareness regarding one's own disability.ApraxiaMotor planning disorder from brain damage, affecting task performance.Apraxia of speechA neurogenic disorder impairing motor planning for speech.Art and dementiaArt enriches lives of people with dementia through creative expression.Auditory verbal agnosiaA disorder where speech is heard but not understood.Clive BallardBritish dementia expert; led PROTECT and antipsychotic reduction trials.Alexa BeiserAmerican biostatistician and dementia researcher at Framingham Heart Study.Brain microbiomeHypothesized microbial community in the brain, still unconfirmed.Constructional apraxiaA neurological disorder impairing construction and drawing abilities.Dementia and Alzheimer's disease in AustraliaDementia is a major and growing health burden in Australia.Dementia caregivingSupporting people with dementia through physical, social, and emotional care.Frontotemporal dementia and parkinsonism linked to chromosome 17Autosomal dominant tauopathy with behavioral, cognitive, and motor decline.Frontotemporal lobar degenerationPathological process causing frontotemporal dementia with brain atrophy.Ideational apraxiaA disorder of losing the idea of how to use objects.Logopenic progressive aphasiaA language disorder variant linked to Alzheimer's pathology.Medication Appropriateness Tool for Comorbid Health conditions during DementiaCriteria for managing medication in people with dementia.Menopause-related cognitive impairmentCognitive symptoms linked to low estrogen during menopause.Motoric cognitive riskA pre-dementia syndrome integrating motor and cognitive markers.Multisystem proteinopathyRare inherited degenerative disease affecting muscle, bone, and nervous system.Myxedema psychosisPsychosis from untreated hypothyroidism, treatable with thyroid hormone.PhonagnosiaAuditory agnosia impairing recognition of familiar voices.Prevention of dementiaModifiable risk factors can influence dementia development and age.Primary age-related tauopathyA neuropathological designation for tau tangles without amyloid plaques.Primary progressive aphasiaProgressive language loss from brain tissue deterioration.Progressive nonfluent aphasiaA neurodegenerative syndrome marked by progressive language production difficulties.REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Single-Question ScreenA single yes/no question screens for dream enactment behavior.ReminiscenceRecalling past experiences for therapy and memory study.Reminiscence therapyTherapy using life recall to improve well-being in elderly.Steroid dementia syndromeCognitive impairment from glucocorticoid medication mimicking dementia.
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