Course: The Many Faces of Dementia

After watching the video which outlines the challenges Hosna faced living with bvFTD, contribute to the comments below with your reflections. You may want to use the below question to …

In this video Prof. Seb Crutch describes a former study which aimed to assess symptoms of behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia in a completely new way – using virtual reality scenarios.

Dr Jon Rohrer explains the key behavioural symptoms that may be experienced in behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia including: Behavioural symptoms: 1. Change in motivation 2. Development of inappropriate social behaviour …

Shaheen describes the symptoms that led to Hosna’s diagnosis, including an incident of uncharacteristic behaviour at the dentist, and explosive arguments. Shaheen also tells how Hosna behaved inappropriately in public, …

Prof Nick Fox explains the crucial importance of learning about the patient’s history at the beginning of the investigation leading to diagnosis. He also addresses what can happen at later …

Shaheen describes Hosna’s route to a diagnosis, from an initial memory test didn’t pick up the symptoms, to having a brain scan, and noticing that the symptoms fitted behavioural variant …

Shaheen introduces her mother Hosna who has a diagnosis of behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia, and expands on her background. Watch this short video, then answer the question below using the …

Prof. Nick Fox gives an overview of frontotemporal dementia and Dr Jon Rohrer explains where the name for the syndrome came from, before introducing the behavioural variant. Frontotemporal dementia includes …

Watch Dr Susie Henley and Dr Jon Rohrer describe what dementia is, how it relates to Alzheimer’s disease, and how these conditions affect the brain. Dementia is an umbrella term …

Dr Susie Henley, a Clinical Psychologist at the Dementia Research Centre (UCL Institute of Neurology) describes what we’ll cover in Week 1, including: Interviews with Carol and her husband Stuart …

Watch Stuart discuss Carol’s impact on familial Alzheimer’s disease research. People who have a diagnosis of dementia can have a huge impact through taking part in research, and becoming involved …

Jill Walton, who was Support Group Coordinator for Rare Dementia Support, discusses the effect on and the support available for children with a parent affected by familial Alzheimer’s disease. For …

Watch Stuart discuss the impacts of living with familial Alzheimer’s disease. He covers the effects of a diagnosis on carers, families and more practical issues, such as mortgages and insurance.

Watch Dr Cath Mummery discuss the DIAN-TU clinical trial, which aims to prevent at-risk patients from developing Alzheimer’s disease. This video was made in 2016, and the trial continued until …

In this article we consider some of the non-medical aspects of living with dementia. What kind of language do people with dementia prefer to be used in media such as …