The Many Faces of Dementia

[Administrator]

It is estimated that over more than 44 million people worldwide are affected by dementia. The Many Faces of Dementia is an online course on Dementia that will help you understand this disease through the stories and symptoms. The course will cover the following topics:

1. The symptoms and science behind Alzheimer’s disease

2. Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia

3. Dementia with Lewy bodies and posterior cortical atrophy and science behind four less common diagnoses

The course was prepared by University College London (UCL)

The course is available on Future Learn, an online learning platform

Course length: 4 Weeks

Accreditation: Available

Go to the link in order to join the course.

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/faces-of-dementia

[Ja sa bong]

I need to learn more about the Alzheimer’s disease because it's something that's very common among the our older folks here and I would really like to know how to handle my grandparents when they start showing signs of it.

[Nova]

It does not take your memory immediately. In fact it would reduce your memory slowly. So one has to think of the management of the life and plan for the things like this. I think not eating too much sweet and also keeping the head engaged is one way to handle the dementia before it happens to all of us.

[Bizdustry]

Great to read more about dementia. I think a lot of people have a misunderstanding and lack of knowledge around this condition, so seeing topics spreading awareness is great. It's an awful condition to get, and I believe it can impact animals like dogs as they age too.