About Senile Dementia

Dementia includes a group of symptoms - including loss of memory, judgment, language and other intellectual functions - caused by the permanent damage or loss of the brain's nerve cells or neurons.

The cause of the conditions can be one or more of several diseases. Alzheimer's disease has proved to be the most common cause of dementia in people over the age of 65.

Statistics from the Alzheimer's Foundation of America showed that about 60 percent of all dementia patients have been proved to have Alzheimer's disease through medical testing.