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One 2015 study found that the one-year mortality was three to four times higher in people after their first referral to a day clinic for dementia, when compared to the general population. [21] If the person was hospitalized for dementia, the mortality was even higher than in people hospitalized for cardiovascular disease . [ 21 ]
Binswanger's disease, also known as subcortical leukoencephalopathy and subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy, [1] is a form of small-vessel vascular dementia caused by damage to the white brain matter. [2] White matter atrophy can be caused by many circumstances including chronic hypertension as well as old age. [3]
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The life expectancy range is between eight and 10 years. Vascular dementia. People with vascular dementia face additional risk factors like stroke or heart attack, and the average life span is ...
Posterior cortical atrophy (PCA), also called Benson's syndrome, is a rare form of dementia which is considered a visual variant or an atypical variant of Alzheimer's disease (AD). [1] [2] [3] The disease causes atrophy of the posterior part of the cerebral cortex, resulting in the progressive disruption of complex visual processing. [4]
My dad with dementia recently passed away at 85 years old. Shortly before he died, he remade a second will online — cutting off my mom, his wife of 60 years.
Overall, neurologists tend to worry less about a patient’s ability to remember remote memories from many years ago and more troubled by an inability to recall more recent events.
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