{"id":320,"date":"2025-07-11T16:56:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agewithgracecare.com\/?p=320"},"modified":"2025-07-11T16:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T16:56:40","slug":"alzheimers-or-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agewithgracecare.com\/?p=320","title":{"rendered":"Alzheimers or Dementia?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hello AWG Team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aren’t these two so cute! To piggyback\u00a0on last month’s\u00a0newsletter…Is it dementia or normal aging?\u00a0 Let’s look at the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s.What is the difference between Dementia\u00a0and Alzheimer’s?\u00a0From the Alzheimer’s Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dementia is an umbrella term that describes a collection of symptoms (cognitive, functional and behavioral) that are caused by specific diseases. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common disease that causes dementia, but Frontotemporal degeneration, Lewy Body disease, Vascular disease can all cause symptoms of dementia. Not all cognitive decline is considered dementia, dementia must be driven by an underlying progressive neurodegenerative disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning about the two terms and the difference between them is important and can empower individuals living with Alzheimer\u2019s or another dementia, their families and their caregivers with necessary knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dementia describes a group of symptoms<\/a> associated with a decline in memory, reasoning or other thinking skills. Many different types of dementia<\/a> exist, and many conditions cause it. Mixed dementia<\/a> is a condition in which brain changes of more than one type of dementia occur simultaneously. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, accounting for 60-80% of dementia cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dementia is not a normal part of aging. It is caused by damage to brain cells that affects their ability to communicate, which can affect thinking, behavior and feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alzheimer\u2019s is a degenerative brain disease that is caused by complex brain changes<\/a> following cell damage. It leads to dementia symptoms that gradually worsen over time. The most common early symptom of Alzheimer\u2019s<\/a> is trouble remembering new information because the disease typically impacts the part of the brain associated with learning first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As Alzheimer\u2019s advances, symptoms get more severe and include disorientation, confusion and behavior changes. Eventually, speaking, swallowing and walking become difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though the greatest known risk factor<\/a> for Alzheimer\u2019s is increasing age, the disease is not a normal part of aging. And though most people with Alzheimer\u2019s are 65 and older, approximately 200,000 Americans under 65 are living with younger-onset Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hopefully you learned something new today that can help you with those you care for.  You are a tremendous blessing in their lives and in ours!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Make it a great day! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Much love,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hello AWG Team! Aren’t these two so cute! To piggyback\u00a0on last month’s\u00a0newsletter…Is it dementia or normal aging?\u00a0 Let’s look at the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s.What is the difference between Dementia\u00a0and Alzheimer’s?\u00a0From the Alzheimer’s Association. Dementia is an umbrella term that describes a collection of symptoms (cognitive, functional and behavioral) that are caused by specific […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agewithgracecare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agewithgracecare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agewithgracecare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agewithgracecare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agewithgracecare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=320"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/agewithgracecare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325,"href":"https:\/\/agewithgracecare.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320\/revisions\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agewithgracecare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agewithgracecare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agewithgracecare.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}