Dementia Neurological Disorders Conditions and Diseases

Dementia Neurological Disorders Conditions and Diseases

Dementia

Dementia describes a gradual decrease in cognitive abilities from a once-normal state over a period of time. This category is for sites about the dementias of old age and geriatics. Alzheimer's is one type of dementia.

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Editor's Picks:

- Good overview of dementia from strokes or other vascular causes. Maintained by the National Institute of Health

- Overview and fact sheet on dementia from the Merck Medical Manual.

- Center dedicated to understanding brain aging and dementia through research, education and treatment.
- Care and support for younger people (under 65 years of age) with dementia (early onset dementia) and Alzheimer's Disease, and their families.
- Designed to assist individuals with memory loss and dementia and their families by providing high quality, comprehensive evaluation and treatment, while also researching and developing new treatments for Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia, an
- Offers individualized courses for specific settings e.g. day care, residential. Primary operations in the UK.
- Provides information about DASN, a non-profit organization. Includes news headlines and extensive resources for the diseases.
- Specialist journal for health care professionals in the fields of dementia and geriatric mental health. Non-profit on-line articles from Wales, UK.
- Consumer health resource center providing information on the causes, symptoms, and treatment.
- Information about dementia, its diagnosis, causes and treatment options.
- Free download of 15 page booklet about memory problems and how to overcome them. For mild memory impairment through to serious dementia.
- From a dictionary of terms pertaining to memory processes.
- Specializes in the assessment of memory difficulties and related problems including Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. Find the symptoms, causes, treatments, and consultancy information. Located in East Melbourne.
- Diagnosis, management and support for individuals and families affected by dementia
- Aims to bring together architects, designers and care professionals, people with dementia, their carers and families to create a comprehensive guide to making design dementia friendly.
- Latest information on dementia, drug trials, research, support and education.
- Information on dementia from the highly esteemed Memory Center at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
- Introduction to dementia, ask a doctor forum.
- Covers diagnostic and treatment issues in dementia among ethnic elders and includes listings for memory disorders clinics, medical news, caregiver advice and information on cultural aspects of dementia.
- Offers you information on how to look after your memory and what to do if you are concerned about your own or someone else's memory problems.
- Dementia information: resources, definition, and symptoms.
- A list of Wisconsin-specific care and diagnostic centers.
- Provides information for the medical practitioner dealing with the elderly who have dementia: discusses assessment,treatment, dosing, safety and continued management.
- Subcortical Arteriosclerotic Encephalopathy information sheet compiled by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
- An explanation of this brain rotting disease found only in a remote part of New Guinea.
- Comprehensive information and tools on dementia, created for medical professionals and for patients or caregivers.
- Concise fact sheet explaining the causes, symptoms and treatment of this disorder, available for down loading in Adobe Acrobat.
- Information on Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other neurodegenerative diseases for patients, families, physicians and researchers.
- A description of the condition and its causes and methods of coping.
- Information on Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and other types of dementia compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
- Designed to assist those who have loved ones in different stages of Dementia and Alzheimer's. Help and support for them and their loved one.

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