Dementia and Alzheimers - Under 65

Dementia is a deterioration of an individual’s mental capacity, leading to cognitive impairment. While some cases of confusion or dementia may be temporary and can be treated, there are many kinds of diagnoses, usually associated with old age, but increasingly amongst younger people, where it may be possible to stabilise, but not cure, the problem.

These conditions include Alzheimer’s disease, pre-senile dementia (including Huntington’s chorea and Pick’s disease), dementia associated with Parkinson’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, vascular dementia and multi-infarct dementia, Creutzfeld Jacob disease, Down’s syndrome and AIDS related dementia.

There are different degrees of dementia, ranging from mild dementia to, for example, extreme Alzheimer’s disease. Homes tend to cater for set levels of dementia, so it is important when choosing a home to ensure that the dementia needs of a particular person will be properly met in a particular home.

Homes that can accept residents with dementia should be specially registered, though it is important to check that the care home staff have experience in caring for someone with a specific diagnosis of dementia.

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