What are the clinical features of severe form of dementia
Following are the features of MODERATE DEMENTIA
- In moderate dementia Speech difficulties become obevious due to an inability to recall vocabulary.
- Progressive impairment of reading and writing skills are seen.
- Memory problems worsen in moderate dementia.
- Behavioural and neuropsychiatric changes become more evident.
- Common manifestations seen are are wandering, irritability and labile affect, unpredictable aggression, or resistance to care giving.
- Urinary incontinence becomes a problem.
Features of ADVANCED
- In advanced dementia the patient is completely dependent upon his or hers caregivers.
- There is complete loss of speech.
- Patients show extreme apathy and exhaustion.
- The cause of death in AD is usually an external factor such as infection of pressure ulcers or pneumonia, not due to the disease itself.
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