Related Dementias
Many conditions and diseases cause dementia. The most common cause of dementia in older people is Alzheimer’s disease. Other causes include different kinds of brain changes that lead to vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, and frontotemporal disorders. Mixed dementia is a combination of two or more disorders, at least one of which is dementia.
Articles
Diagnosing Dementia
Doctors diagnose dementia—including Alzheimer disease, Lewy body dementia, and frontotemporal dementia—with brain scans and other tests.
What Is Vascular Dementia?
Vascular dementia differs from Alzheimer’s disease in that it is caused by stroke. Learn about types of vascular dementia as well as treatment.
Vascular Dementia and Vascular Cognitive Impairment: A Resource List
Find articles, fact sheets, and other resources to help you and your family learn about vascular dementia and vascular cognitive impairment.
What Is Mixed Dementia?
Read about mixed dementia, a combination of two or more disorders. For example, older adults with dementia may have Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia.
What Are Frontotemporal Disorders?
A kind of early-onset dementia called FTD stems from damage to the brain’s frontal lobe and temporal lobe. Learn more about FTD and brain changes from NIH.
Types of Frontotemporal Disorders
Read about types of FTD. One type involves changes in personality, behavior, and judgment. Primary progressive aphasia affects language and PSP, movement.
Causes of Frontotemporal Disorders
What causes frontotemporal disorders? In most cases, we don’t know. In other cases, gene mutations lead to this early-onset brain disease. Learn more from NIH.
Diagnosing Frontotemporal Disorders
Find out how a doctor diagnoses frontotemporal dementia and related disorders. Get a list of medical centers where you can get an FTD diagnosis.
Symptoms of Frontotemporal Disorders
Possible symptoms of frontotemporal disorders include behavior problems, language symptoms like aphasia, emotional troubles, and movement changes.
Treatment and Management of Frontotemporal Disorders
Drugs, along with other therapies, can help treat the behavior, language, and movement symptoms of FTD. So far, there is no cure. Learn more from NIH.
Providing Care for a Person with a Frontotemporal Disorder
Get advice on providing care for a person with frontotemporal dementia or similar disorder. Learn how to manage home, family, work, and long-term care issues.
Frontotemporal Disorders: A Resource List
Find websites, publications, videos, and other resources to help you and your family learn about the major types of frontotemporal disorders.
What Is Lewy Body Dementia?
What is Lewy body dementia (Lewy body disease)? It is a brain disorder, different from Alzheimer’s, that causes changes in thinking and movement.
Types of Lewy Body Dementia
Did you know Lewy body dementia has two types? Dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s disease dementia differ in the order of cognitive and movement symptoms.
What Causes Lewy Body Dementia?
Learn about causes and risk factors for Lewy body dementia. They include an accumulation of Lewy bodies in the brain, age, Parkinson’s disease, and genetics.
Symptoms of Lewy Body Dementia
Do you know the symptoms of Lewy body dementia? They may include cognitive and mood changes, Parkinson symptoms, sleep disorders, and hallucinations.
Diagnosing Lewy Body Dementia
Lewy body dementia is often misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s. See a doctor to find out what’s causing your symptoms and get the right treatment.
Treatment and Management of Lewy Body Dementia
Treatment for Lewy body dementia may include medications to help control symptoms, physical therapy, and counseling. Use certain drugs with caution.
Advice for People Living with Lewy Body Dementia
Getting help from family, friends, doctors, and other professionals ensures the best possible care and quality of life for a person with Lewy body dementia.
How to Care for a Person with Lewy Body Dementia
Family members who care for someone with Lewy body dementia can get support to maintain health and help doctors and others understand the disease.
Lewy Body Dementia Research
Research on Lewy body dementia seeks deeper understanding of this brain disease and how it relates to related types of dementia. Learn how to get involved.
