141 – 4 Most Common Types of Dementia in Aging

Dr. K explains the most common types of dementia in older adults, including Alzheimer's, Lewy body, vascular, and mixed. She also covers less common types, when to get more diagnosis, and more.

Dr. K goes beyond Alzheimer’s and explains what older adults and families should know about the most common types of dementia in older adults. She covers:

The 4 most common types of dementia in older adults
How doctors diagnose the specific type of dementia
Mixed dementia and less common causes of dementia
The most common early symptoms of Alzheimer’s dementia, vascular dementia, and Lewy body dementia
Which types of dementia might be treatable
Newer types of dementia pathology, such as LATE, hippocampal sclerosis, and cerebral amyloid angiopathy
Dr. K’s approach to dementia type

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139 – How to Treat Mild Cognitive Impairment

Related Resources:

Beyond Alzheimer’s: Common Types of Dementia in Aging
Person-specific contribution of neuropathologies to cognitive loss in old age
Religious Orders Study and Rush Memory and Aging Project
The prevalence, correlation, and co-occurrence of neuropathology in old age: harmonisation of 12 measures across six community-based autopsy studies of dementia
Alz.org: Mixed dementia

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