Dementia is not a specific disease but is rather a general term for the impaired ability to remember, think, or make decisions that interferes with doing everyday activities. Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia. Though dementia mostly affects older adults, it is not a part of normal aging.

Symptoms

Depending on the reason, dementia symptoms can change. Typical signs and symptoms include of:

• Memory loss, which is typically observed by another person.

Mental Alterations

• A person's personality can shift.

Psychological Alterations

• Difficulties speaking or expressing oneself.

• Problems with vision and spatial orientation, including getting lost when driving.

• Issues with logic or addressing problems.

• Difficulty carrying out difficult jobs.

• Having difficulty organizing and planning.

• Inadequate movement control and synchronization.

• Lost in thought and direction.

• Depression.

• Fear and anxiety.

• Temptation.

• Inappropriate actions.

• Being paranoid is being suspicious.

• Hallucinations are defined as perceiving objects that are not real.