Alzheimer’s disease is the biggest cause of dementia - but dementia is just the name for a number of symptoms of deteriorating brain function. Many different diseases cause dementia and it can impact you differently depending on what part of the brain it
affects.
Additionally, dementia can also show in other ways than just memory loss - people can have issues interpreting visual stimuli (so it can sometimes help to get close to a dementia patient and in their direct field of vision when talking to them). Sometimes people lose all their inhibitions and develop odd or aggressive behaviour.
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Reply to ELI5: Alzheimer's is dementia, but not all dementia is Alzheimer's. So what is the difference? by degobrah
Alzheimer’s disease is the biggest cause of dementia - but dementia is just the name for a number of symptoms of deteriorating brain function. Many different diseases cause dementia and it can impact you differently depending on what part of the brain it affects.
Additionally, dementia can also show in other ways than just memory loss - people can have issues interpreting visual stimuli (so it can sometimes help to get close to a dementia patient and in their direct field of vision when talking to them). Sometimes people lose all their inhibitions and develop odd or aggressive behaviour.