Top Highlights

• Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common form of dementia,
• Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative condition and a form of dementia
• A key difference between Frontotemporal and Alzheimer’s dementia is that the first doesn’t usually involve memory loss, as the brain areas affected are different.
• Overall, Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of young-onset dementia. Still, for those who develop symptoms before age 50, vascular and frontotemporal dementia are more likely the cause.
• dementia severely impacts your brain’s capacity to carry out metabolic tasks, putting patients’ lives increasingly in danger every day.