Alcohol-related 'dementia' is a type of alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD). If a person has alcohol-related 'dementia' they will struggle with day-to-day tasks. This is because of the damage to their brain, caused by regularly drinking too much alcohol over many years.SkiptomaincontentHomeAboutdementiaTypesofdementiaAlcohol-related‘dementia’Alcohol-related‘dementia’Findout about Alcohol-related'dementia' includingsymptoms,diagnosis,treatment,supportandrehabilitation.Alcohol-relatedbraindamage(ARBD):whatisitandwhogetsit?Youarehere:Alcohol-related‘dementia’Wernicke–KorsakoffsyndromeTipsforsupportingapersonwithARBDAlcohol-relatedbraindamage(ARBD)-usefulresourcesAlcohol-relatedbraindamageSavethisinformationGetacopyOrderbypostWhatis Alcohol-related'dementia'?Alcohol-related'dementia'isatypeofalcohol-relatedbraindamage(ARBD). Ifapersonhasalcohol-related‘dementia’theywillstrugglewithday-to-daytasks.Thisisbecauseofthedamagetotheirbrain,causedbyregularlydrinkingtoomuchalcoholovermanyyears.  Thepersonmayhavememorylossanddifficulty thinkingthingsthrough.Theymayhaveproblems withmore complextasks,suchasmanagingtheir finances.The symptomsmaycauseproblemswithdailylife.Forexample,thepersonmaynolongerbeabletocookameal.SymptomsAssessmentanddiagnosisTreatmentSupportRehabilitationWhatarethesymptomsofalcohol-related'dementia'?Symptomsincludedifficulties with:stayingfocusedonataskwithoutbecomingdistractedsolvingproblems,planningandorganisingsettinggoals,makingjudgementsandmakingdecisionsbeingmotivatedtodotasksoractivities(evenessentialoneslikeeatingordrinking)controllingtheiremotions–theymaybecomeirritableorhaveoutburstsunderstandinghowotherpeoplearethinkingorfeeling(theirbehaviourmayseeminsensitiveoruncaring).Thesymptomsofalcohol-related‘dementia’canchangealotfrompersontoperson.Ifapersonwiththeconditionhasabrainscan,itwilloftenshowthatsomeareasofthebrainhaveshrunk muchmorethanothers.Alcoholparticularlyaffectsthefrontallobesofthebrain.Alcohol-related‘dementia’ andmemoryproblems Apersonw