title: [Dementia--distribution and diagnostic criteria].
abstract: The ageing of the population makes the health problems of elderly people a major issue in the work of various specialists. More and more people show cognitive functions disorders from minor to considerable ones. The most common cause of dementia is Alzheimer's disease. The diagnostic criteria of dementia in the course of Alzheimer's disease or the criteria of vascular dementia are described in this article. Although we mention the scales focused on cognitive functions disorders.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Psychiatryczny dla Chorych Somatycznie, SP ZOZ Państwowy Szpital Dla Psychicznie i Nerwowo Chorych Rybniku.
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Torbus
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ksol
authors.forename: Bogdan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mazur
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence