How does dementia affect the individual and the caregiver?

Hi all, So sorry I haven’t been posted as regularly but I am hopefully posting two videos this week to make it up to all of you!
This video is on dementia and how it affects the individual and the caregiver. Click on the time stamp that you are most interested in!

If you have any questions, comments, or ideas for future videos, please comment below 🙂

0:00 Intro
1:22 Dementia types
4:39 7 Stages of dementia
08:52 Caregiver stress & mental health
10:51 Diagnosis process and delay
13:20 Early diagnosis pros & cons
17:04 Interventions for caregivers
21:33 Behavioural symptoms (eg. sundowning)
24:35 End summary

References:
de Vugt, M. E., & Verhey, F. R. (2013). The impact of early dementia diagnosis and intervention on informal caregivers. Progress in neurobiology, 110, 54-62.

Thompson, C. A., Spilsbury, K., Hall, J., Birks, Y., Barnes, C., & Adamson, J. (2007). Systematic review of information and support interventions for caregivers of people with dementia. BMC geriatrics, 7(1), 1-12.

Lawlor, B. (2002). Managing behavioural and psychological symptoms in dementia. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 181(6), 463-465.

Khachiyants, N., Trinkle, D., Son, S. J., & Kim, K. Y. (2011). Sundown syndrome in persons with dementia: an update. Psychiatry investigation, 8(4), 275.

Cipriani, G., Lucetti, C., Carlesi, C., Danti, S., & Nuti, A. (2015). Sundown syndrome and dementia. European Geriatric Medicine, 6(4), 375-380.

https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/what-is-dementia#:~:text=Dementia%20is%20a%20general%20term,Diagnosis

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