How to Understand the Difference Between Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease

Dementia describes a group of symptoms and is not a disease. Alzheimer's is a disease that evidences symptoms of dementia.Alzheimer's Reading RoomOne of the most frequently asked questions I receive (FAQ) is,What is the Difference Between Alzheimer ’s and DementiaSome believe Alzheimer's is worse than dementia. Some people use the words interchangeably (like me). This of course is the source of much of the confusion about how dementia and Alzheimer's differ.Let's get right to it.Touch and Kindness in Dementia CareBy Bob DeMarcoAlzheimer's Reading RoomSubscribe to the Alzheimer's Reading RoomWhen you to the grocery store you usually visit the section where you will find the fruit. You will see many different kinds of fruit like: apples, oranges, bananas and pears. Each is a kind, or type of fruit.Let's imagine you could go into a store and visit the dementia section. What would you see?You would see types of dementia like:1.Alzheimer's Disease2.Lewy Body Dementia3.Vascular Dementia 4.Frontotemporal DementiaSo if an apple is a type of fruit; then Alzheimer's is a type of dementia.The list above includes the biggest and most common types (kinds) of dementia?There are of course many things that either contribute to or cause dementia. These include: Parkinson's disease, Huntington ’s disease, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, depression, and alcoholism just to name a few.Alzheimer's Care, Don't ArgueDementia is not a disease. Dementia actually refers to a group of symptoms.When ...
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