Describe the Key Functions of the Brain that are affected by Dementia

The main areas of the brain that are affected by dementia in terms of causing difficulties with their functions are:

1) Frontal Lobe – this is the part of the brain that controls behaviour, movement, personality and the interpretation of what is around us

2) Parietal Lobe – this is the part of the brain that controls the language we use, spacial awareness and recognition of places, objects and people.

3) Occipital Lobe – this is the part of the brain that controls eyesight and our ability to see
4) Temporal Lobe – this is the part of the brain that controls our speech, hearing and memory’