Differential Diagnosis of Dementias - Alzheimer's Association

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The Importance of Making an Early Diagnosis • Identify and treat reversible causes • Help explain presence of troublesome behaviors • Allow the patient to make critical life decisions • Identify and treat psychiatric symptoms • Maximize patient safety • To provide treatment • Allow caregiver early access to support and community resources Agronin ME. Alzheimer disease and other dementias : a practical guide. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008. 30
Caregiver Challenges in Different Types of Dementias • AD – typically older onset, with frequent comorbidities • PDD – prominent motor symptoms leading to falls • DLB – frequent and sometimes severe neuropsychiatric symptoms • VaD – depression and continuing risk factors for stroke • FTD - younger onset, predominant behavioral and language symptoms 31
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