Alzheimer's Or Dementia?
Dementia is a kinder in addition to gentler word. Did y'all always listen anyone say, "no ane survives dementia"?
Bob DeMarco
If y'all are reading hither on the (ARR) y'all mightiness live noticing that I am using novel terms, in addition to some words inwards concert that mightiness live contradictory.
For example, I oft write: Alzheimer's in addition to related dementia. The intention on my purpose is to live all inclusive.
In other words, to include inwards our friends that our dealing alongside other types of dementia like: Dementia alongside Lewy Bodies, Vascular dementia, in addition to Frontotemporal Dementia. Along alongside Alzheimer's illness these are oft referred to every bit the Big Four of Dementia.
If y'all convey been reading my articles on Dementia Friends, y'all mightiness convey noticed I am connecting 2 words: Alzheimer's in addition to dementia.
Some people mightiness honor this confusing. I connect those 2 words at times because inwards some parts of the World the give-and-take Alzheimer's is beingness eliminated from the medical dictionary in addition to beingness replaced yesteryear the give-and-take Dementia. In other words, the give-and-take dementia is used to depict all kinds in addition to types of dementia.
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In this feel the give-and-take dementia is beingness used inwards a connotative sense. What is truthful is inwards the basis dictionary the give-and-take dementia is taking on a novel meaning. Lexicon refers to how linguistic communication is used.
Many roughly the basis prefer the give-and-take Dementia. They sympathize that the give-and-take Alzheimer's has a tremendous stigma attached to it. After all some leaders inwards the U.S. believe that
"Alzheimer's is a tragic epidemic that has no survivors. Not a unmarried one."
I assume they believe it because they said it. They too published it inwards a written report entitled "Generation Alzheimer's".
Too bad they never met Dotty -- Did Dotty Survive Alzheimer's?
I work the words Alzheimer's in addition to Dementia together sometimes because these words convey pregnant to dissimilar parts of our constituency hither on the .
This twelvemonth nosotros passed a novel threshold - close 52 percentage of readers come upward hither from exterior the United States. We are a global website.
Let's human face upward it. Many people choke when they state the basis Alzheimer's. Many people reject to state it, it scares them.
Dementia is a kinder in addition to gentler word. Did y'all always listen anyone say, "no ane survives dementia"?
The give-and-take dementia inwards its denotation ordinarily refers to the loss of memory, in addition to its negative affects on thinking, judgement, language, in addition to the powerfulness to perform normal daily tasks. Something along those lines. But, it does non tell what type of dementia.
Think of it this way.
If y'all wake upward inwards the morn in addition to y'all convey a fever in addition to a sore pharynx y'all know y'all are sick in addition to demand a doctor. When y'all acquire to the doc y'all volition tell him your symptoms - fever in addition to sore throat. If the doc looks inwards your pharynx in addition to sees something similar blood-red spots, swollen tonsils, in addition to notices your glands are swollen he mightiness diagnose - strep throat.
So the sore pharynx in addition to fever are the equivalent of dementia - symptoms. And the diagnosis strep pharynx - the equivalent Alzheimer's. Symptoms in addition to diagnosis.
You tin displace become hither to acquire a amend description of the differences betwixt Alzheimer's in addition to Dementia:
Times are changing, however, in addition to and hence is the work of these 2 words. Bottom line. In some parts of the basis the give-and-take Dementia is used interchangeably alongside Alzheimer's. They both hateful the same thing.
I am on an international panel in addition to I tin displace tell y'all this. If nosotros voted the grouping every bit a whole would in all probability prefer that the give-and-take "Alzheimer's" live jettisoned from the dictionary - from all languages.
It mightiness live the entirely agency to overcome the stigma attached to Alzheimer's. Change its name. I am on tape every bit favoring the give-and-take - dementia.
So directly inwards the United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland of Britain in addition to Northern Republic of Ireland nosotros convey the Dementia Friends movement. Everyone is included in. this is a adept instance of how the words are beingness used.
By the way. If y'all position the give-and-take - Alzheimer's - into Google search y'all mightiness live surprised to larn how the Alzheimer's Association is describing themselves inwards search.
Alzheimer's Disease in addition to Dementia | Alzheimer's Association
They position that description in. Google read it off the meta code on their webpage.
So who knows, mayhap y'all tin displace learn an erstwhile domestic dog novel tricks. Or, mayhap it is but the firstly stride inwards agreement the dictionary is changing.
Don't worry close us yesteryear the way. We already convey a site upward in addition to arrive at to become -
Dementia Reading Room
In the futurity if y'all read a sentence similar this ane on the ARR -
It volition modify the agency persons alongside dementia are viewed, in addition to it volition destroy the stigma attached to Alzheimer's in addition to dementia.where I attach the words Alzheimer's in addition to dementia alongside an "and", don't effort the pocket-sized stuff. I'm but including every ane in. All the dementias in addition to all the people worldwide.
I approximate y'all could state nosotros convey been including everyone inwards since the beginning. How else tin displace y'all explicate our global readership?
I wonder if I tin displace figure out a agency to see all these countries, cities in addition to towns?
Related content.
- Alzheimer's Disease Statistics
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- Dementia in addition to the Eight Types of Dementia
- What is Alzheimer's Disease?
- Why I Invented Alzheimer's World in addition to the Power of Positive Reinforcement
- Learning How to Communicate alongside Someone Suffering From Alzheimer's Disease
Bob DeMarco is the Founder of the in addition to an Alzheimer's caregiver. The ARR cognition base of operations contains to a greater extent than than 3,811 articles alongside to a greater extent than than 306,100 links on the Internet. Bob lives inwards Delray Beach, FL.
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