Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can be hard to diagnose, because it is an uncommon type of dementia and does not cause memory problems at first. However, there are some ways to diagnose FTD including ...

Getting an accurate and timely diagnosis of dementia is important. However, for younger people it can often take much longer. There can be specific reasons for this, including: Young-onset dementia is ...

Dementia in older adults is most often caused by neurodegeneration, but the diagnosis of dementia in younger adults can be challenging given the relative diversity of potential etiologies.

Pauline Quirke’s dementia is ‘gathering pace’ after she revealed her diagnosis publicly earlier this year (Picture: Steve Meddle/Rex Features) A close friend of Pauline Quirke has revealed ...

This can cause the person with dementia to be viewed in a demeaning, "cute" way, instead of as an adult who is living with a memory problem. Whether or not dolls are used, always be certain to treat ...

Confabulation is a memory distortion where false information is expressed by an individual to others. The key to understanding confabulation is an awareness that the person is not intentionally being ...

However, clinical diagnosis of post-traumatic dementia is problematic. It is often difficult to disentangle the direct effects of TBI from those produced by progressive neurodegeneration or other post ...

To our knowledge, this is the first study that describes the feasibility and utility of dementia screening and diagnosis program in a racially diverse and low-income primary care setting.

Peter Alexander was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 49 Dementia was not something Peter Alexander expected to be diagnosed with in his late 40s. It meant leaving his job and adapting to a ...

A number of blood tests have shown promise in research studies but aren’t routinely used in diagnosing dementia. The Real Word Dementia Outcomes (READ-OUT) study will investigate blood tests that have ...

“It is with a heavy heart that I announce my wife Pauline’s decision to step back from all professional and commercial duties due to her diagnosis of Dementia in 2021. “Pauline has been an ...