Dementia destroys the brain’s nerve cells (neurons) to the extent that they cannot communicate with each other, which affects the functions of the body. The symptoms depend on the parts of the brain that have been affected and damaged as well as the disease that caused dementia.

Warning signs of dementia:

• Memory loss
• Difficulty in performing normal daily tasks
• Trouble with language and finding the right words when speaking
• Confusion and inability to recognize time and space
• Less and less capable of judgement
• Change in personality: mood and behaviour
• Misplacing things, such as an apple in the closet
• Indifference and detachment
• Decreased decision-making ability
• Difficulty in organizing thoughts
• Loss of initiative
• Difficulties with language, numbers, estimation and spaces