Dementia definition

Dementia means an illness characterized by multiple cognitive deficits which represent a decline from previous levels of functioning and include memory impairment and one or more of the following cognitive disturbances: aphasia, apraxia, agnosia, and disturbance in executive functioning.

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Dementia means a clinical syndrome characterized by a decline in mental function of long duration in an alert individual. Symptoms of dementia include memory loss and the loss or diminution of other cognitive abilities such as learning ability, judgment, comprehension, attention and orientation to time and place and to oneself.

Dementia means the diagnosis of dementia as confirmed by a consultant neurologist or geriatrician resulting in significant cognitive impairment. Significant cognitive impairment means

Examples of Dementia in a sentence

• Dementia Awareness Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) have created this e- learning course which aims to raise the awareness and skills of care staff who work with people with dementia.

• If practical, Dementia Australia will provide the User with at least 30 days notice that Dementia Australia will cease providing the Application.

• These links are provided for the User's convenience only and you acknowledge and agree that those Third Party Websites do not form part of the Application and are not under Dementia Australia's control.

• Dementia Australia may include links to Third Party Websites on the Application.

• This Benefit shall be payable for the expenses charged on psychiatric treatments (excluding Alzheimer’s disease, Senile Dementia, Parkinson’s disease or any conditions caused by or related to drug abuse or alcoholism) during the Member's Hospital Confinement.

More Definitions of Dementia

Dementia means a condition documented through the assessment process required by WAC 388-76-10335.

Dementia means an acquired loss of intellectual functioning (primarily abstract thinking, memory, and judgment) of sufficient severity to interfere with a person’s ability to act independently and perform routine daily activities. Symptoms of dementia can include memory loss and the loss or diminution of other cognitive abilities, such as learning ability, judgment, comprehension, attention and orientation to time and place and to oneself. Dementia is not a disease in and of itself but rather a group of symptoms that accompanies certain diseases and conditions. Dementia can be caused by such diseases as Alzheimer’s Disease, Pick’s Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson’s Disease, Huntington’s Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, multi-infarct dementia, etc.

Dementia means a deterioration of intellectual function and other cognitive skills, leading to a decline in one's ability to perform activities of daily living.

Dementia means a degenerative condition that causes progressive deterioration of intellectual

Dementia means the diagnosis of dementia as confirmed by a consultant neurologist or geriatrician resulting in significant cognitive impairment. Significant cognitive impairment means deterioration in the Life Insured’s Mini Mental State Examination, or equivalent thereof, scores to 20 or less.

Dementia means loss of memory and other mental abilities severe enough to interfere with daily life. It is caused by changes in the brain.

Dementia means the loss of intellectual function of sufficient severity that interferes with an individual's daily functioning. Dementia affects an individual's memory, ability to think, reason, speak, and move. Symptoms may also include changes in personality, mood, and behavior. Irreversible dementias include but are not limited to: