DEMENSIA, DIAGNOSIS DAN TATALAKLSANA DEMENTIA, DIAGNOSE AND MANAGEMENT

• Hafish Rahmandani Paratama

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Dewasa ini populasi lansia di Seluruh dunia mengalami peningkatan termasuk di Indonesia, peningkatan populasi lansia dikaitkan dengan adanya periode aging of population. aging of population terjadi ketika angka harapan hidup semakin tinggi, sehingga akan semakin banyak populasi lansia. dinamika tersebut menimbulkan pergeseran pola penyakit, penyakit yang berhubungan dengan usia akan semakin sering dijumpai pada pelayanan kesehatan primer. Salah satu penyakit yang sering dijumpai adalah demensia. Demensia merupakan suatu bentuk penurunan fungsi kognitif yang diikuti dengan perubahan activity daily living atau keseharian. Dalam prakteknya demensia dibagi menjadi demensia alzheimer, demensia lewy body, demensia frontoremporal, demensia vaskular. Pengetahuan terkait dengan demensia sangatlah penting untuk diketahui karena penyakit tersebut semakin banyak dijumpai di masyarakat.

abstract 

Nowadays, the elderly population throughout the world is increasing, including in Indonesia. The increase in the elderly population is associated with a period of aging of the population. Aging of population occurs when life expectancy becomes higher, so that there will be more and more elderly people in the population. This dynamic has led to a shift in disease patterns, with age-related diseases becoming more common in primary health care. One disease that is often encountered is dementia. Dementia is a form of decline in cognitive function which is followed by changes in daily living activities. In practice, dementia is divided into Alzheimer’s dementia, Lewy body dementia, frontoremporal dementia, vascular dementia. Knowledge related to dementia is very important to know because this disease is increasingly common in society

1. Hafish Rahmandani Paratama

   Dokter Muda Stase Saraf FK UHAMKA

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