NEPL cares & supports dementia patients in 3 ways; homecare by dementia-trained attendants or nurses, care of patients at specially designed, secured NEMA Dementia Care Homes in Delhi NCR, and respite care for caregivers. We also train home caregivers.
Dementia describes a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking, and social abilities severely enough to interfere with your daily life. These may include:
Cognitive changes: Such as memory loss, difficulty communicating or finding words, problems with visual and spatial abilities such as getting lost while driving, difficulty in reasoning or problem-solving, difficulty in handling complex tasks, difficulty with planning and organizing, difficulty with coordination, and motor functions, inability to express speech or understand, confusion and disorientation, failure to handle finance, sensory and motor functions are some of the Cognitive changes.
Psychological changes: Changes such as personality changes, depression, anxiety, aggressiveness & abusive behavior, paranoia, agitation, and hallucinations are some of the Psychological modifications.
Dementia is primarily caused by the dead brain cells, but it may also be caused due to head injury, a stroke, prion diseases, HIV infection (virus damages the brain cells), reversible factors like depression, thyroid abnormalities, medication side effects, excess use of alcohol, and vitamin deficiencies.
Treatment and care can reverse some causes of Dementia or dementia-like symptoms. They include Infections and immune disorders, metabolic problems, endocrine abnormalities, nutritional deficiencies, and medication side effects: subdural hematomas, poisoning, brain tumors, anoxia, and normal-pressure hydrocephalus.
Dementia can affect many body systems and, therefore, the ability to function. Dementia can lead to:
To avoid these severe complications, dementia patients need to be in good care. It could be provided by well-trained spouses or relatives or home caregivers. If not possible, they need to shift to a dementia patient care home such as NEPL, which has 24X7 caregivers & nurses trained to take care. Dementia care homes are modified to minimize risks.
Dementia treatment depends upon its type and what causes it. It cannot be cured since it is a progressive disease, but with proper treatment and care, the speed of infection can be halted. There are two types of primary treatments for Dementia; these are medications and non-drug therapies.
Providing care for someone with Dementia is physically and emotionally demanding. Feelings of anger and guilt, frustration and discouragement, worry, grief, and social isolation are common. NEPL homes can take dementia patients, providing old age homes for mentally ill patients.