On-stage dementia patients were also experiencing lack of ability in speaking, imitative speech of others, and impaired motor skills in writing, buttoning clothes, tying shoe laces, as well as disturbed defecation and urination.

The first-stage patients (amnesia) is most commonly experienced emotional changes such as lazy, less passionate, indifferent, irritable, depressed, anxious depressed.

In stage two (confuse), patients generally experience memory loss, lack of initiative, the language repeatedly, do not know of family members, and the disorientation of the room.

This type of dementia, including Alzheimer’s extremely difficult to cure than the dementia caused by hypertension, hydrocephalus (enlargement of the brain), tumors / brain inflammation, and drugs addiction.

Signs of senility to an alarm sign, as is often forgotten, had difficulty carrying out routine work, difficulty speaking, disorientation experienced time and place, either put the goods, it is difficult to take the right decision, mood and behavior changes, it is difficult to think abstractly, personality changes, and loss of initiative.

Dementia treatment can be done by non-pharmacological and pharmacological.

Non-pharmacological therapy can be a daily activity program structuring the patient, such as brain training, do activities based on skills, nutrition, balanced diet, adequate luminous room, reminiscent of a time and place, as well as providing a quiet environment.

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Watching TV is a habit that does not include the above categories, and even spent a long time in front of the TV can accelerate the process of senility.

Nearly 200 people aged between 70 to 89 years who have mild memory problems compared with a group of people who do not have any problems with his memory. Results of studies presented at a meeting of the American Academy of Neurology.

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic, Minnesota, asked the volunteers about their activities in the past year and how their mental activity in the age range 50 to 65 years.

They are in middle-aged habit of reading books, playing games or doing hobbies and crafts such as knitting patch working, can reduce the risk of disease around the memory up to 40%.

In the years later with the same activity, the risk can be lowered approximately 30 to 50 percent.

They are accustomed to watching TV less than 7 hours a day can also reduce the risk of dementia by 50% compared with those who watch TV for longer.

This study is very interesting, because it shows that the aging process is not necessarily a passive process. Just getting used to conduct a simple thought process, we can prevent dementia later in life. Sure, there are things that become a challenge for this kind of research that relies on the participants’ memories of the past. For that research results need to be established by additional research.

Sarah Day, a chief public health in the Alzheimer’s Society says, “There will be one million dementia sufferers in the past 10 years into the future. For that is necessary to find ways to prevent them. ”

“Practice and train your brain like a fun way to learn to do new skills, play like a crossword puzzle, or even learn a foreign language,” he advised.

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A nutritional factor is an important role in preventing cognitive decline in senior citizens. One food that is recommended for the elderly is the consumption of fish. Research shows that grandparents from developing countries who regularly eat fish have a risk of dementia (senility) is smaller.

The study was done to the 1500 senior citizens in China, India, and one Latin American country. Those who initially do not ever eat fish, and then started eating fish a few days a week, until finally eat fish every day, the prevalence of dementia was reduced by 19 percent.

Research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition is not just show a simple relation between fish consumption and dementia. It is known that the elderly who often eat meat have a higher prevalence of dementia than those who never ate meat.

Since the study was performed using a one-time survey, some experts say these studies do not indicate causality. “In fact, additional evidence can be obtained from future studies that are a follow-up regularly to see the link between fish consumption and reduced risk of dementia,” said Dr Emiliano Albanese, from King’s College London, UK.

When the fish is to protect the brain from the aging process, experts believe that the benefits derived from saturated fat content is much omega-3 oils found in fish like salmon, mackerel, tuna or Albacore. Laboratory study showed that, omega-3 have a uterus that can prevent dementia, such as protecting nerve cells, reduce inflammation, and helps prevent the formation of amyloid protein which is often found in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s.

This latest research results obtained from a study of 14,960 elderly aged 65 years and over who live in China, India, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela. The relationship between dementia and decline in fish consumption have consistently found that respondents from different countries, except India.

Dementia is a severe and progressive intellectual decline that interferes with social function, work and daily activities. The most dominant setbacks encountered is the reduced ability of memory or memory.

Alzheimer’s harder to detect as many parents who thought that originally forget is something common for the age factor. Though it may be early signs someone is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. For example, forgetting to put the car keys, forgetting phone numbers, these signs are mild symptoms of Alzheimer’s. Those who are vulnerable to Alzheimer’s dementia in the elderly over 60 years, but adults are also not a possibility if you have risk factors for offspring. Even patients with Alzheimer dementia aged 40 years never find in Indonesia. Early detection is crucial in overcoming the Alzheimer’s but the fact is often difficult because withdrawal symptoms are often regarded as an ordinary thing. Patients usually only shows the usual symptoms such as forgetting, but then developed progressive severe and worsen cognitive function and other mental functions.

Initial irregularities are usually felt by the sufferer himself. They are difficult to remember or forget to put the item name. They also often a cover-up about it and convince myself that it was common at their age. Irregularities will usually be felt by the people around them are starting to worry will decrease memory. They had not initially suspected a major problem behind the dementia experienced by patients, but then realized that his condition was severe.

Symptoms of Senile Dementia:

1. Setbacks memory / memory
2. Difficult to carry out activities and simple job
3. Speech and language difficulties
4. Disorientation WTO (Time-Place-People)
5. Difficult in the counting
6. One put it
7. Appearances bad for forgetting how to get dressed or decorated
8. Changes in emotions and behavior
9. Impaired abstract thinking, the ability of patients with disturbed imagination
10. Lost interest and initiative, tend to be quiet, do not want to mingle, and solitude
11. Can not distinguish between different types of odors (without other causes such as influenza, brain trauma, brain tumors).

Until recently, dementia was ranked first as the cause of cognitive-behavioral dysfunction in old age. Based on the cause, dementia is divided into Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, and dementia caused by something else, such as Parkinson’s disease, AIDS, Pick disease, and so forth.

As already mentioned, “senility can be a hereditary factor, elderly patients or patients with Alzheimer’s disease tend to have a thinner layer of the brain and less active, particularly in the entorhinal cortex. Depletion of this layer can occur because of variations in the genes forming apo-lipoprotein E4 (apo E4). So, beware of those who at one family member has the proven experience of dementia.

In vascular dementia, dementia due to interruption of blood flow to the brain, such as in cases of accidents, trauma, and stroke. Impaired blood flow is reduced supply of nutrients and oxygen to the brain cells. As we all know, the brain cells is a collection of nerve cells that coordinates the motion of our bodies, and no less important, as the memory storage. Should a computer, if you have a power supply disruption; in this case is the bloodstream, the brain works as a driver and memory storage would decline. Decline over time it can be seen as dementia.

The words “annoyance” as seen at the beginning of the sentence in the article certainly is not foreign in our ears and mouth when dealing with older people. Moreover in those aged over 65 years. However, our society is often mistaken to assume that their members are merely experiencing the normal symptoms of senility. However, what if senility is continuing and becoming more frequent?

Increasing age a person is also a factor that plays an important role. The Alzheimer’s disease increases dramatically after age 65 and 95 years. For people aged 65 years, men have a 0.6% chance of a woman suffering from dementia and 0.8%, 11% (men) and 14% (women) at the age of 85 years; 21% (men) and 25% (women) on age 90 years; and 36% (men) and 41% (women) at the age of 95 years.

Dementia Symptoms

Here is mentioned 10 common symptoms that showed symptoms of dementia, namely:

• Impaired memory (forgetfulness), but long-term memory is still good (still can tell about his life on the Japanese colonial period). Normally, parents may forget names, appointments, but occasionally can remember back.
• One to put the goods. Normally, parents are able to either put the keys / wallet.
• Impaired recognition (disorientation of time, place, and person). Normally, parents can not forget the date.
• Changes in mood and behavior, such as emotional instability. A person also must have emotions, like sadness, anxiety, or excitement. However, the emotion in the normal person can still be controlled and does not change in a short time.
• Difficulty speaking and speaking. Although, normally, the term is sometimes also difficult to find / the right words.
• Loss of initiative, become apathetic, just sitting in front of the TV for hours, and lazy. Although, someone may feel tired too lazy to do a thing.
• Difficulty taking the right decision.
• Difficulty doing typical tasks, like shopping, dress, pay phone, and manage finances.
• Changes in personality, such as aggression / irritability, paranoid.
• The difficulty of abstract thinking can not do the calculation. Normally, a person will feel challenged to complete tasks.

However, to establish a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is 100% correct action required actual brain cell biopsy, which is a medical technique that takes / eroding brain tissue. However, until now health experts in the field is still experiencing difficulties in establishing the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease for patients still alive.
Diagnoses of Alzheimer’s disease are based solely on clinical symptoms discovery (the change of attitude, character, noble functions, and other capabilities that can be observed in plain view), neurological examination, neuro-physiological, and cognitive-behavioral examination.

Dementia Treatment

Dementia treatment and cure is not permanent. This means that there is treatment for dementia patients to date can not be 100% cure the disease of dementia. This is because the ability of nerve cells in the brain to repair itself after damage, it is not as good as other body cells, especially skin cells.

In vascular dementia or dementia caused by something other than Alzheimer’s disease can be improved by addressing the underlying disease or disorder. However, treatment will become more complex for Alzheimer’s disease.

Several pharmacological therapy for patients with Alzheimer’s disease, which until now is still considered effective, among other acetyl cholinesterase inhibitors class, group vitamins, or drugs to cope with a mood disorder psychotropic within certain time limits. Among the supplements mentioned drugs, acetyl cholinesterase inhibitors are the most successful drugs improve the brain cholinergic system.

In addition to pharmacologic therapy (with drugs), patients can also be given non-pharmacological therapy. Once again, non-pharmacologic therapy can not cure the disease permanently, but it proved to inhibit the development (progression) syndrome dementia. Therapy-non-pharmacological therapy aimed at:

• Help guide the family or the people who cared for him (caregiver) to provide appropriate information and understanding, and
• Optimize the capabilities that are still there.
  Provide support through the neighborhood.
• Overcoming (control) patients with personality disorder and behavior.

Some examples of non-pharmacological therapy that can be applied to patients with dementia in Alzheimer’s disease in general or in particular is “LMN-no debate”:

‘L’: Paintings and colors Gentle: Avoid abstract paintings on the environment around the patient. However, it can be decorated with soft colors.

“M”: Music: Patients with the music played.

“N”: Nutrition: Providing good nutrition and a balanced, deficit repair the patient’s body functions, like vision and hearing deficits, improvement in sleep quality of patients, and improved behavior.

“No debate“: People who assist or supervise elderly patients with dementia syndrome should not be debating the hallucinations or illusions shown in behavior of patients (particularly common in patients with Alzheimer’s disease). However, the caregiver should invite discussion about the things seen, felt, or experienced by patients at the time. With discussion, caregiver tried to calm the patient and encourage patients back into the real world.

Do not Ban elderly who experience this senility disorder. But accompany them to still be able to live happily in old age. We certainly do not want to be treated such as old age approached us one day, right?

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