How Dementia AFfects Cognition
Memory
Memory
- Difficulty forming new memories
- Forgetting recent events
- Repeating questions
- Misplacing items
Attnetion & concentration
Attention & Concentration
- Easily distracted
- Trouble sustaining focus
- Difficulty dividing attention
EXECUTIVE FUNCTION
Executive Function
- Poor planning and organisation
- Reduced reasoning
- Impaired judgment
- Difficulty problem‑solving
LANGUAGE (APHASIA)
Language (Aphasia)
- Word‑finding difficulty
- Reduced vocabulary
- Trouble understanding complex sentences
VISUOSPATIAL & PERCEPTUAL SKILLS
Visuospatial & Perceptual Skills
- Getting lost in familiar places
- Difficulty judging distances
- Problems recognising faces or objects
ORIENTATION
Orientation
- Confusion about time, place, or situation
- Difficulty understanding the sequence of events
BEHAVIOUR & EMOTIONAL REGULATION
Behaviour & Emotional Regulation
- Irritability
- Anxiety
- Apathy
- Impulsivity or poor inhibition
This website uses cookies.
We use cookies to analyze website traffic and optimize your website experience. By accepting our use of cookies, your data will be aggregated with all other user data.