Model Answer: Unit 2, Activity 1.2, Dementia and Quality of Life
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Dementia is a physical disease that causes progressively worsening damage to the brain.
When nerve cells become damaged and start to break down a person can develop
dementia. Dementia can affect all cognitive functions of the brain such as decision making,
speaking, motor coordination, planning, problem solving and thinking, memory etc.
The area where the damage occurs determines the symptoms the person experiences, for
example, if nerve cells at the back of the brain are damaged, the person’s vision may be
affected and they may find it difficult to read or climb stairs.
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