1. By: Johanna Miner, Kendra Hobbs and Ainsley MAcDonald
Frontal Lobe Dementia
By: Johanna Miner, Kendra Hobbs and Ainsley MAcDonald

2. What is it Frontotemporal Dementia
Umbrella Term for a group of disorders that affect the frontal and temporal lobes
Portions of frontal or temporal lobes atrophy
Personality
Language
Behavior
Also called Frontotemporal dementia
Frontal and temporal lobes are responsible for personality, language and behavior

3. Facts Gradually destroys the ability to:
Behave appropriately
Emphasize with others
Make judgments
Communicate and carry out daily activities
Second most common form of dementia
Affects as many people as Alzheimer's disease in the age group
More commonly found in men
Three types
Second most common form of dementia, Alzheimer's is the first
Typically affects people younger than Alzheimer’s does, but it will worsen with time.

4. Commonly Mistaken For Alzheimer's Disease Parkinson’s Disease
Depression
Manic-depression
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Schizophrenia
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5. Types of Frontal Lobe Dementia
Behavioral-Variant Frontal Lobe Dementia
Semantic Dementia
Progressive Non-Fluent Aphasia
Motor Neuron Disease
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6. Behavioral-Variant Frontal Lobe Dementia
60% of cases
Affects:
Social skills
Emotions
Personal Conduct
Self-awareness
Mood and Behavior changes:
Stubbornness
Emotional coldness
Apathy
Selfishness
Don’t show confusion about where they are or what day it is
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7. Semantic Dementia 20% of cases Damage to left temporal lobe
Language Deficit
Loss of ability to recall words
Loss of meaning of words
Forget family and friends
When it starts in the Right temporal lobe:
Trouble remembering friends and family sooner
Loss of empathy
Eventually will progress to both temporal lobes
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8. Progressive Non-Fluent Aphasia
20% of cases
Difficulty producing language fluently
Still know the meaning of words
Symptoms:
Talk slowly
Have trouble saying words
Trouble with telephone, talking in groups of people
Some patients develop:
Parkinson symptoms
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
Corticobasal Degeneration
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9. Treatment No cure Doctors can help control the symptoms Medications
Social Interventions
Speech Therapy
Language Therapy
Cognitive Therapy
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10. Mayo Clinic Make personalized treatment plan for specific symptoms
Doctors work one on one with patient
Neurologist
Psychologist
Doctors for specific symptoms
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11. Future Managing symptoms Symptoms will get worse Family will need help
Home care
Nursing home
Frontal or temporal lobe will continue to deteriorate.
Symptoms will become to difficult for family to handle. They will have to decide what kind of care works best for the person.

12. Example 79 year old male Diagnosed through MRI
Forgetting family members
Increased level of anxiety
Decreased ability to communicate

13. References
Go to the youtube video: In love and loss Frontal lobe dementia