Athulya Assisted Living: India's most comprehensive dementia care for the elderly

 

Dementia is a broad term for serious loss of memory, language, problem-solving, and other mental functions that interfere with everyday living and which required skilled nursing care. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer's disease.

Dementia affects millions of individuals and becomes more frequent as people age, but it is not a natural part of the aging process. Dementia patients are unable to manage their emotions, and their personalities may change.

Dementia varies in intensity from moderate to severe, with the mildest stage affecting a person's functioning the least and the most severe requiring the person to rely entirely on others for basic everyday functions such as feeding themselves.

 Symptoms

➢    Memory loss, lapses in judgment, and confusion

➢  Difficulty in speaking, analyzing, and expressing ideas, as well as reading and writing

➢    Being disoriented and wandering in a familiar neighborhood

➢    Experiencing difficulties handling finances properly

➢    Repetition of questions

➢    Using unfamiliar terms to describe familiar objects

➢    Takes longer to do routine normal things

➢    Loss of interest in daily activities or events

➢    Experiencing hallucinations, delusions, or paranoia

➢    Making rash decisions

➢    Not caring about the feelings of others

➢    Loss of balance and mobility issues

Additional disorders that lead to dementia include;

➢    Normal pressure hydrocephalus which was an abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain.

➢    Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is an uncommon neurological condition.

➢    Huntington's disease is a progressive, genetic brain disorder.

➢    Repeated traumatic brain damage causes chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

➢    HIV-associated dementia is a rare condition caused by the HIV virus spreading to the brain.

➢    Long-term excessive alcohol consumption.

➢    A concussion is a type of head injury caused by a fall or an accident.

➢    Psychological issues such as stress, anxiety, and depression.

➢    Delirium is a sudden state of confusion and disorientation.

➢    Tumors, vitamin deficiency, medication side effects, or thyroid, kidney, or liver disorders can all produce major problems with memory that resemble dementia.

Several causes of dementia symptoms can be treated and even reversed.

 Types:

Alzheimer's disease - The most prevalent dementia among senior citizens is Alzheimer's disease. It is caused by abnormalities in the brain, such as unusual protein buildups known as amyloid plaques and tau tangles.

Frontotemporal dementia - Frontotemporal dementia is a rare kind of dementia that often affects adults under the age of 60. It is linked to abnormal levels or forms of the proteins tau and TDP-43.

Lewy body dementia - Lewy body dementia is a type of dementia that is characterized by abnormal deposits of the protein alpha-synuclein.

Vascular dementia - Vascular dementia, a kind of dementia that caused by diseases that harm or disrupt the flow of blood and oxygen to the brain.

Mixed dementia - A mixture of two or more kinds of dementia is known as mixed dementia. Investigations revealed that many patients had a mix of brain disorders linked with several kinds of dementia.

 Prevention

Dementia is not easy to prevent since the cause is often unknown. Those with dementia caused by a stroke, on the other hand, may be able to avoid future falls by decreasing their risk of heart disease and stroke.

➢    Avoid Smoking

➢    Maintain a healthy weight

➢    Exercise often

➢    Consume nutritious foods

➢    Manage health issues such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.

➢    Learn new hobbies, read, or solve crossword puzzles to keep your mind active.

➢    Stay socially engaged. Participate in community events, church, or support organizations.

Treatment

Medications - There is no medication that can cure dementia. However, some may temporarily alleviate some of the symptoms. Doctors may also prescribe additional medications to address dementia-related issues such as depression, sleeping problems, or agitation. The primary medications include Cholinesterase inhibitors, Memantine, Antidepressants, Anxiolytics, and Antipsychotic medicines.

Therapies - Senior citizens in the early stages of dementia might benefit from therapy to better understand and process their thoughts and behaviors, as well as what causes their depression symptoms. Talk therapy also teaches healthy strategies to cope and problem-solving skills to help with these emotions.

Changes in Lifestyle - While some loss of memory or cognition is expected with age, recent research into cognitive impairment reveals that specific lifestyle adjustments can greatly contribute to greater cognitive health and a lower risk of dementia. Things that are beneficial for their heart and the rest of their body will benefit their thinking – and their mood.

 Why Athulya?

Athulya's Dementia Care has a team of highly skilled doctors who have been professionally trained to handle and heal elderly residents who are suffering from dementia. Athulya's ultimate objective is to keep their senior residents with dementia safe and secure while also assisting them in maintaining their quality of life.

Senior citizens with dementia still live freely and without difficulty. In general, they provide food, accommodation, healthcare, medical aid, and assisted care. The important part is that they provide services suitable for persons with dementia. For further information, Kindly visit Athulya Assisted Living