{"id":33277,"date":"2012-10-25T13:26:46","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T13:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/choicehome.flywheelsites.com\/what-is-the-difference-between-alzheimers-and-dementia\/"},"modified":"2012-10-25T13:26:46","modified_gmt":"2012-10-25T13:26:46","slug":"what-is-the-difference-between-alzheimers-and-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/choicehomecare\/what-is-the-difference-between-alzheimers-and-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is The Difference Between Alzheimer\u2019s And Dementia?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          combination-animation-site-default\n          individual-animation-site-default\n          individual-text-animation-site-default\n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:452px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n              \n              class=\"image-block-wrapper\"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  \n\n          ><\/p>\n<div class=\"sqs-image-shape-container-element\n              \n          \n        \n              has-aspect-ratio\n            \" style=\"\n                position: relative;\n                \n                  padding-bottom:58.628318786621094%;\n                \n                overflow: hidden;\n              \"\n              ><\/p>\n<p>                  <noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/632db19cba4d725f4442b861\/1664378733259-8WLSSVFBT9QXZN4OKV5S\/what-is-the-difference-between-alzheimers-and-dementia-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/632db19cba4d725f4442b861\/1664378733259-8WLSSVFBT9QXZN4OKV5S\/what-is-the-difference-between-alzheimers-and-dementia-1.jpg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/632db19cba4d725f4442b861\/1664378733259-8WLSSVFBT9QXZN4OKV5S\/what-is-the-difference-between-alzheimers-and-dementia-1.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"452x265\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"633462c4bc327c01484433ba\" data-type=\"image\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">There is often confusion about the terms <em>dementia<\/em> and <em>Alzheimer\u2019s disease<\/em>. While Alzheimer\u2019s disease is a kind of dementia, they are not interchangeable words.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">The simple answer to \u201cwhat is the difference between Alzheimer\u2019s and Dementia?\u201d is this: <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:40px;white-space:pre-wrap;\" class=\"\">Dementia is not a disease. Alzheimer\u2019s is a disease. Dementia is a <em>symptom<\/em> of that disease.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><strong>Dementia<\/strong> refers to a <em>set of symptoms<\/em>, not the disease that is causing them. The symptoms include memory loss, poor judgement, difficulties with language and changes in behaviour. When we say that someone \u201chas dementia\u201d, we mean that they are exhibiting a set of symptoms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">By conducting a series of tests, doctors can determine what is causing the dementia, which may or may not be Alzheimer\u2019s disease. While Alzheimer\u2019s is diagnosed in 60-70% of dementia cases, there are other diseases and disorders that also cause dementia, like Parkinson\u2019s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies and vascular dementia. Because it\u2019s the most common cause of dementia, Alzheimer\u2019s disease is commonly equated with the term dementia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is often confusion about the terms dementia and Alzheimer\u2019s disease. While Alzheimer\u2019s disease is a kind of dementia, they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alzheimer","category-dementia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/choicehomecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/choicehomecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/choicehomecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/choicehomecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/choicehomecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/choicehomecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/choicehomecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/choicehomecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/choicehomecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/choicehomecare\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}