DEMENTIA


Meaning of DEMENTIA in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

senile dementia

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

senile

Mr Allsopp was known to suffer from senile dementia and was often seen walking in the area.

In this sense the world would be a better place without mental retardation, madness, and senile dementia .

I've heard there's a link between this condition and senile dementia .

The main gap was in provision for elderly people with senile dementia and for the new long-stay population.

Most studies have investigated senile dementia in relatively small populations.

He is suffering from senile dementia: the deterioration of a super brain.

Alzheimer's Disease was now widely known and recognised as an incurable form of senile dementia .

Maybe he was suffering from premature senile dementia ?

■ NOUN

sufferer

A warden can perhaps cope with one or two dementia sufferers .

From a medical practitioner familiar with the dementia sufferer .

Geriatric day hospitals, despite having a considerable minority of dementia sufferers have not in general tackled the issue of integration.

Table 4.1 shows where the dementia sufferers were living six months and 12 months after referral to the psychogeriatric service.

Each source contributed to the attempt to understand what dementia sufferers needed in order to help them stay at home.

The costs may be particularly worrying for dementia sufferers .

It is interesting that half the carers said they would like to see the dementia sufferer in residential care.

Table 6.1 makes no distinction between different types of dementia sufferer .

■ VERB

suffer

Mr Allsopp was known to suffer from senile dementia and was often seen walking in the area.

Mrs Lenihan, who suffers from dementia is now said to be comfortable in hospital in Oxford.

It had apparently been hoped that the numbers of long-term patients suffering from dementia would diminish with the rundown of the asylums.

As many as 20 percent of people over 80 may be suffering from dementia , but no accurate figures are available.

He suffered from dementia and schizophrenia.

He is suffering from senile dementia: the deterioration of a super brain.

Maybe he was suffering from premature senile dementia ?

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

However, dementia is seen as being specific to the elderly age groups.

Interestingly, the dementia from this disease has different characteristics than the symptoms of Alzheimer's.

Specialist, separate services for dementia sufferers v Negative segregation, that is, the refusal to accept dementing people into a service.

Subjects - All patients with onset of dementia aged 40-64.

The admission of a tenant already showing signs of dementia requires very careful consideration in the individual case.

The vast majority, 95 percent, of deaths certified as due to dementia were among those aged 65 +.

This is especially so when a diagnosis of dementia blinds works to remaining skills.

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