Dementia / Alzheimer's

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Stupid question perhaps - does anyone have a lamens terms explanation of the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s?

Am I right that Alzheimer’s is a form of dementia?

How is it different to others?

Dads been recently diagnosed. Not sure what to do.

I think dementia is a symptom, Alzheimer’s is a disease.

Sorry to hear about your dad. I’m on this journey with mum. We have had some very difficult times but some good ones too.

Urbanbeetler - thank you, sorry to hear about your Mum. It’s such a cruel illness.

Happy to hear you also have some good times, I hope you have many more together.
Sending love to you and anyone dealing with this 💐

Dementia is the umbrella term for a group of illnesses, such a small Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia amd various others Incant think of right now.
I’m sorry for your dad’s diagnosis-I went through early onset Alzheimer’s with my mum amd am now darling with Alzheimer’s amd vascular dementia with my dad

Hi my mum has mixed dementia - which is vascular dementia and Alzheimer's. Agree with PP - Dementia is the umbrella term for a range of illnesses. Have a look at the NHS website it's very good at explaining the differences it really helped me.

Very sorry to hear about your dad

I've always understood it as Dementia being the umbrella term as PP have said and Alzheimer's is more specific in the same way that Cancer is the umbrella and leukaemia is the more specific.

Dementia is an umbrella term which covers something like 120 different types of dementia - Alzheimer's is one of the main types of dementia