Dementia

Paper Summary:

The paper explains the differences between Alzheimer's and dementia that can mean whether the patient will be able to conduct a normal lifestyle, or will be a huge burden to family, community and nation. The paper discusses how this burden can be both financial and psychological, especially for the caregivers of those with these conditions. The paper looks at the treatments and therapies available for dementia and emphasizes the need for an efficient and cost-effective treatment.

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"Dementia can be described as the loss of memory; short-term memory first, and then, over a period of time, the long-term memory as well, and the subsequent difficulties experienced by the individual with this condition. There is much speculation concerning the loss of these memories, and most experts agree that the memories are lost due to the loss of neuron cells in the brain. There are a variety of reasons why these cells die, though no one knows the exact reason why some people contract the diseases that cause dementia, and some people do not."

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