Dementia Gateway: About dementia

Dementia is a term that is used to describe a collection of symptoms including memory loss, problems with reasoning and communication skills, and a reduction in a person's abilities and skills in carrying out daily activities such as washing, dressing and cooking.

The most common types of dementia are: Alzheimer's disease, Vascular dementia, Fronto-temporal dementia and Dementia with Lewy bodies.

Dementia is a progressive condition, which means the symptoms will gradually get worse. This progression will vary from person to person and each will experience dementia in a different way – people may often have some of the same general symptoms, but the degree to which they affect an individual will vary.

To learn more about dementia explore the links below.

	The symptoms of dementia View the resource
	The different types of dementia and how the brain is affected. View the resource
	The causes of dementia View the video
	Early stage dementia View the training module
	Later stage dementia View the training module