Definition of Dementia

• Dementia is a neurodegenerative brain disease that causes loss of cognitive functioning — such as short term memory loss, thinking, planning, organising, remembering, and reasoning — to such an extent that it interferes with a person's daily life and activities.

• The hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease is a slow, progressive decline in short-term memory-

  ·       The person becomes  more forgetful. 

For more information read Dr Peter Lipski’s book “Your Elderly Parents Failing Health. Is It Ageing Or A Treatable Condition”.