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Do any of you remember the days when a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease was often kept a family secret? Thankfully, the condition is out in the open nowadays, and it’s easy to find a myriad of resources about this form of dementia. Unfortunately, because there’s so much information available about Alzheimer’s disease, a lot of people think Alzheimer’s disease and dementia are one and the same.
In reality, dementia is a general term used to describe a group of symptoms that affect cognition to the extent that it interferes with a person’s daily life. Although Alzheimer’s disease accounts for about 60-80% of dementia cases, there are also numerous other forms of dementia.
A diagnosis of a type of dementia other than Alzheimer’s disease sometimes leads to a lonely and frustrating journey. While all types of dementia share many similarities, there are also significant differences.
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