Dementia Awareness Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• primary : visiting a _ doctor is often the first step for people who are experiencing changes in thinking, movement, or behavior.
• blood sugar : high _ _ levels and diabetes are associated with an increased risk of developing dementia.
• blood pressure : uncontrolled high _ _ can damage the blood vessels and lead to the brain, increasing the risk of vascular dementia.
• dementia : the loss of cognitive functioning (thinking, remembering, and reasoning).
• healthy diet : research has found that people at high risk of dementia who followed a _ _ lowered their risk of cognitive decline.
• alcohol : drinking large amounts of _ has long been known to cause brain changes.
• true : (true/false) having a family history of dementia puts you at greater risk of developing the condition.
• confusion : this can manifest in the simple forgetting of familiar people and places, but this can also cause an individual to forget the purpose of everyday items.
• late stage : during this stage of dementia, individuals typically lose the ability to respond to their environment, carry on a conversation, and, eventually, control movement.
• memory loss : to have a hard time remembering newly learned information. this may also cause an individual to ask the same question repeatedly.
• hearing loss : _ _ can make the brain work harder, forcing it to strain to hear and fill in the gaps, which comes at the expense of other thinking and memory systems.
• mild stage : during this stage of dementia, people may experience frequent memory loss, personality changes, and/or getting lost.
• sage : this is a test that can be self-administered and scored by your primary doctor to measure your risk of dementia.
• alzheimer : the most common dementia diagnosis among older adults.
• vascular : this is a form of dementia caused by blood clots, impairing blood flow.
• moderate stage : during this stage of dementia, people may experience problems recognizing friends and family, needing help with daily activities, and/or impulsive thoughts.
• lewy body : a form of dementia caused by abnormal deposits of protein (alpha-synuclein).