Dementia is a syndrome that affects the brain's ability to process memories, thoughts, language, understanding, and judgement. People who develop dementia have problems controlling their behavior and emotions as the brain structure begins to decline. Dementia is usually developed by people over 65 years of age, and the older you get, the more likely you are to develop some of the symptoms.

Dementia Types:

• Alzheimer's disease, this is one of the most common types of dementia where small clumps of protein develop around the dementia of brain cells, which reduce the brain's ability to function normally.

• Vascular dementia, as the name suggests creates problems with oxygen in the blood that circulates within the body and results in a limited supply of both blood and oxygen to the brain.

• Dementia with Lewy's bodies is where abnormal structures develop within the brain known as Lewy's bodies.

• Frontotemporal Dementia is a rare form of dementia that develops in younger people, develops when the frontal temporal lobes in the brain begin to shrink and disrupt the structure of the brain.

In most cases, there is no cure for dementia, and over time symptoms will worsen and the quality of life of the dementia sufferers will decrease. Although there is no cure, there are a number of treatments and techniques like speech and language therapy that can help improve the quality of life so that they can better cope with their conditions. Q Enrichment Center, based in JLT, Dubai specializes in providing speech and language therapy to help support dementia sufferers and also people who are caring for dementia sufferers.

Dementia signage

The following section explains the importance of dementia signage, which is particularly important for people living with dementia in the home care environment. Clear and easy-to-read signs are a must for dementia sufferers when they are introduced into the environment and pictures and are usually easier to remember and understand than the complicated letters that make up text. This is a low cost and easy-to-install solution that makes a huge difference to the quality of life of the patient. Q Enrichment Center in Dubai also has therapies designed around a similar theme, making it easy for the sufferer to see that the sign is for information and a clear picture allows them to understand what it is telling them.

Dementia is a general term for conditions with symptoms related to memory loss-related problems such as forgetfulness and confusion. Dementia encompasses more specific conditions that may cause these effects, including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, traumatic neurological brain injury, and others.

At Q Enrichment Center Dubai, the qualified speech and language therapist will conduct a comprehensive assessment of the patient to determine the type of difficulty, severity and diagnosis of speech disorders so that they can work on it resulting in increasing the quality of life of the patient.

You can see their full range of speech therapy services offered for people affected by Dementia/ Alzheimer’s disease at https://qenrichment.com