Dementia is a disease which results in a decline of cognitive ability and function due to a disorder of the brain. It can affect memory, reason, intellectual function, attention, and language. While dementia is more common among the geriatric population, it often affects adults as well.

One of the most common forms of dementia is Alzheimer's Disease, a terminal illness which results in the degeneration of brain tissue and the subsequent loss of memory and thought processes. January is Alzheimer's Awareness Month in Canada.

All forms of dementia take their toll not only on the patient, but on the families and caregivers of these people as well. Patients suffer from symptoms that often result in a change of personality, memory, mood, behaviour, the the ability to effectively communicate with others.

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