Today I am grateful for and appreciate the Facebook live session titled "Forgetfulness and Dementia" at Malton Bazm-E-Khawateen platform. Today's session was hosted by Gulnaz Rehan, coordinated by Aasia Khatoon and facilitated by Arshi Ali (me). Malton Bazm-E-Khawateen helps to spread the awareness in the community regarding mental health and wellbeing at this time of COVID 19. Today was the 11th session of this series. I recognize and comprehend the significance of today's session for a variety of reasons, for instance:

• Flyers and promotions are always done by Gulnaz Rehan. She always hosts these sessions. Gulnaz Rehan is genuinely supportive and coordinating very well

• Today's session was highly significant to differentiate between forgetfulness and dementia. The topic will fully be covered and addressed in the upcoming session. The taken insight and notion from the session are:

• What is Dementia and what is the difference between forgetfulness and dementia?

• How dementia affects cognition, behaviour and physical functioning?

• Dementia with numbers

• 10 warning signs of dementia such as

1. Memory loss that affects day to day activities
2. Challenges with performing day to day tasks
3. Confusion with time and space
4. Challenges with abstract thinking
5. Language issues
6. Misplacing items
7. Changes in mood and behaviour
8. Loss of initiative
9. Changes in judgment
10. Personality changes

• Types of dementia and its symptoms

• What are the risk factors?

• To be continued.....

• The next session will focus on the preventive measures

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to ask or comment below