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3 10 signs to early detection 1. Memory loss that affects daily life 2. Challenges in planning or solving problems 3. Difficulty completing projects at home, at work, or at leisure 4. Confusion with time or place 5. Trouble understanding visual images and spatial relationships 6. New problems with words in speaking and writing 7. Misplacing things and losing the ability to retrace steps 8. Decreased or poor judgment 9. Withdrawal from work or social activities 10. Changes in mood and personalities

4 Types of Dementia: Alzheimer’s disease Most common form of dementia Vascular dementia Second most common cause of dementia Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) more likely than people with Alzheimer's to have initial or early symptoms such as sleep disturbances, well-formed visual hallucinations, and muscle rigidity Mixed dementia abnormalities linked to more than one type of dementia occur simultaneously in the brain Parkinson’s disease Problem’s with movement Frontotemporal dementia Changes in personality and behavior and difficulty with language Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease CJD is the most common human form of a group of rare, fatal brain disorders affecting people and certain other mammals Normal pressure hydrocephalus difficulty walking, memory loss and inability to control urination Huntington’s disease progressive brain disorder caused by a single defective gene on chromosome 4 Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome chronic memory disorder caused by severe deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B-1). The most common cause is alcohol misuse.

5 Most common type of dementia; accounts for an estimated 60 to 80 percent of cases. Symptoms: Difficulty remembering names and recent events is often an early clinical symptom; apathy and depression are also often early symptoms. Later symptoms include impaired judgment, disorientation, confusion, behavior changes and difficulty speaking, swallowing and walking. Brain changes: Hallmark abnormalities are deposits of the protein fragment beta-amyloid (plaques) and twisted strands of the protein tau (tangles) as well as evidence of nerve cell damage and death in the brain.

6 FACTS Early onset Alzheimer’s can affect those in their 40s and 50s. Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. More than 5 million Americans are living with the disease. 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer's or another dementia. In 2012, 15.4 million caregivers provided more than 17.5 billion hours of unpaid care valued at $216 billion. Nearly 15% of caregivers for people with Alzheimer's or another dementia are long-distance caregivers. In 2013, Alzheimer's will cost the nation $203 billion. This number is expected to rise to $1.2 trillion by 2050. In WI alone there has been a 30% increase in Alzheimer’s ages 65 and up since 2000 In 2010 nearly 2,000 deaths in WI were due to Alzheimer’s

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