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People with dementia, like many of the mentally ill, have many problems when eating. This is due of their tendency to dispense food, caused by a loss of sense of taste and smell, that determines the food not to be so desired Besides they feel an increasing difficulty in swallowing food....
David Knopman, who led the study published inNeurology1today, thinks the women may have shed the weight because creeping damage in their brains caused them to lose interest in food. He speculates that the disease could cause apathy or dull the senses of taste and smell, making food less ap...
Smell and Taste Richard L. Doty, Christopher H. Hawkes, in Handbook of Clinical Neurology, 2019 Semantic dementia Semantic dementia (SD) is a multimodal disorder in which patients have difficulty recognizing the significance of words, objects, faces, nonverbal sounds, and tastes, despite their nor...
Aphasia –the individual experiences loss of language skills, including the ability to speak, understand, read or write. Agnosia –the individual is unable to recognize things through the senses: sight, sound, taste, touch and smell. Apraxia –the individual has difficulty with movement and activit...
11.Dementia can cause changes in taste and smell: This can affect appetite and food preferences 12.Dementia can affect language skills: Some types of dementia, like primary progressive aphasia, primarily affect language abilities. 13.It can lead to social withdrawal: People with dementia might with...
not a hint of humidity or wind. The smell in the air was filled with summer, the birds chirping away, bees flying around and all I could think of was how wonderful it was to feel like a human being on this glorious day off. I felt alive and euphoric, and actually stopped to acknowl...
Urinary incontinence(loss of bladder control) Sexual dysfunction Constipation A weakened sense of smell What are the first signs of Lewy body dementia? Hallucinations are often the first sign of LBD. They affect about 80% of people with the disease. ...
3. Smell familiar scents and taste favorite foods Smell is a powerful way to access memories. You couldcreate scent cards or jarsusing spices or essential oils to remind them of favorite foods or places – like fresh-baked cookies or a pine forest near their childhood home. ...
Challenges of Caring for Someone With Dementia As you can see, caring for a loved one living with dementia can definitely have its challenges. With a loss of communication and ability to complete simple tasks, more hands-on assistance is needed. As the condition progresses, your loved one may...