Dementia
What is Dementia?
Dementia is a general term for a decline in cognitive function that typically affects seniors. Individuals with dementia may have difficulty remembering personal information or basic facts and may struggle with problem-solving and other tasks that affect their daily routines.
While it is natural to experience some memory loss as we age, it is essential to understand that dementia isn’t simply a part of aging. Dementia is a group of disorders that lead to extreme cognitive decline. The effects of dementia can be severe enough to impact relationships and disrupt an individual’s activities of daily living.
What year was the very first model of the iPhone released?
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
Who is Green Lantern’s nemesis?
Sinestro
How many soccer players should each team have on the field at the start of each match?
11
Is there a cure for dementia?
Yes
No
No, currently there is no cure for dementia, however drug treatments are available which can help to slow the disease down for some people.
Who is often called the father of the computer?
Charles Babbage
Which natural disaster is measured with a Richter scale?
Earthquakes
What is the name of Batman’s butler?
In what year was the first-ever Wimbledon Championship held?
1877
1977
2022
1877
Can a person live well with dementia?
Yes
No
Yes, people affected by dementia can and do live well with dementia.
It is important to seek a diagnosis as soon as a person starts to become worried then the right support can be discussed and a plan put in place for now and the future.
What does “HTTP” stand for?
Which planet has the most gravity?
Which Avenger is the only one who could calm the Hulk down?
Black Widow
Which organ in your body has four chambers?
the heart
Which of the following are types of dementia?
1. Alzheimer's Disease
2. Vascular dementia
3. Lewy Bodies
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Progressive supranuclear palsy
All of these are types of dementia. There are more than 100 different types of dementia although some, such as Alzheimer's Disease, are far more common than others.
What is the name of the man who launched eBay back in 1995?
What is meteorology the study of?
Meteorology is the study of the atmosphere, atmospheric phenomena, and atmospheric effects on our weather.
Aqua man is from which city under the sea?
Atlantis
By what name were the Egyptian kings/rulers known?
Pharaohs
What are some of the common symptoms of dementia?
Memory loss
Anxiety
Tremor
Balance problems
Hallucinations
Delusions
Speech and language difficult
All OF THEM
Dementia affects different people in different ways but all of these are common symptoms of dementia. REMEMBER - when you have met one person living with dementia, you have met ONE person. Everyone is different!
Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Explorer are different types of what?
Web browsers
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize (in 1903)?
Marie Curie
Marie Salomea Skłodowska–Curie was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.
Night Crawler, member of the X-Men, has what kind of powers?
Can teleport
What is the home of the Greek gods called?
The ancient Greeks believed that Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in mainland Greece, was the home of the gods.