Cognitive dementia

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Hi can anyone explain cognitive dementia to me . In a really basic way? Ie no long wording or anything complicated just basic.

My DM had Dementia, basically the make up of the sufferers brains change, as these changes occur it effects lots of things. My DM forgot recent things, she became more aggressive ( not violent), she lost the ability to do simple things like make a shopping list or follow the plot of tv programmes. Sadly it's something that gets worse with time, after a few months she refused to get dressed, slept a great deal and only wanted soft, sweet foods.
I hope this helps

Thank you. What is the cognitive bit? 💐

Cognition is basically the ability to the mental process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses. It includes thinking, learning, remembering, and using judgment. So in dementia, the brain is affected and sufferers face a decline in their understanding of the world, ability to think, remember and use their judgement appropriately.
Having watched two different relatives suffer from dementia, I would describe it as reverting back to a state of infancy.

Inside Health on Radio 4 had a whole programme about dementia this morning at 9.30am. They get listeners' questions and experts respond and have a general discussion. It was very interesting and easy to understand. It is available on BBC Sounds as well as many other interesting episodes

Cognition is very basically, thinking and the processes that are ‘thinking’ so how you think through things and do them. You lose the ability with dementia. Things like finding an appropriate coat for the weather, finding it in the cupboard and putting it on. That was something my gram struggled with. The process of ‘it looks rainy, I’ll need a waterproof’ remembering you have one, what it looks like… the process of that.

To put it simply it's remembering things, knowing what would usually happen next, knowing what you should do in a situation. I used to order my DM shopping online, she'd give me her list, after a while she'd only put two or three things, then she'd forget to put fresh things in the fridge, she'd forget it was the day for the shopping to come.