Metastatic tumors are more common. Depression in older people is often overlooked because symptoms are confused with those of a medical illness. Depression has serious consequences. It takes the pleasure out of daily life, aggravates other medical conditions, and can lead to suicide. In fact, older adults are considered the group most at risk for suicide.
Mental illnesses can also impair mental functioning.
The most common type of stroke is called an ischemic stroke .This means that a blood clot has traveled to the brain, where it has lodged in a vessel so that brain cells have died from lack of oxygen. In a hemorrhagic stroke , a vessel bursts, flooding brain cells with blood. TIAs are an important warning signal that treatment is necessary to prevent a more serious stroke. Symptoms depend on the part of the brain affected, but can include difficulty moving, talking, and thinking. The Stroke protocols describe the acute care of strokes, in other words, what to do right after a stroke has occurred.