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What's the difference between Alzheimer's and dementia?
Topic created By - bikebuddha (12 September 2012 - 15:22:55) People keep asking me what the is difference between Alzheimers and dementia - I think I know the answer, but I could be wrong! Has anyone got a really good explanation?

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Re: What's the difference between Alzheimer's and dementia?
Submitted By - kmclaughlin 17/09/2012 21:00:29 Dementia campaigner and blogger, bethyb1886, says on the engage with you twitter feed: "Think of #dementia as the tree & #alzheimers as just one of the branches" 
 
Re: What's the difference between Alzheimer's and dementia?
Submitted By - Jill Quinn 17/09/2012 16:26:58  
Dementia is the umbrella term and Alzheimers disease is only one of many types of dementia.  although many of the symptoms are the same the causes are very diferrent.  for example there is a vascular dementia caused by a failing of the vascualar system.  alzheimer's disease just happens to be the most common, accounting for about 55% of all dementia cases.  Follow this link to the Dmentia forward website wher there is a picture diagram whcih clearly explains it. 
 
https://www.facebook.com/DementiaForward?ref=hl#!/photo.php?fbid=452630824758023&set=a.369394663081640.84377.202128986474876&type=1&theater