Dementia 101: 101 dementia related evidence-based questions and answers for health professionals, families and carers.

by Rachel Fitzgerald, Nick Fitzgerald (With)

Dementia currently afflicts approximately 47.5 million older individuals globally, who experience a variety of different types of dementia. There are many types of dementia that include Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, fronto-temporal dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, Wernicke-Korsakoff disease, as well as mixed dementia and other types of treatable and untreatable dementias. This book is based on 101 questions and corresponding evidence-based answers that will provide the reader with an increased understanding of the main types of dementia and its cause, global prevalence, treatments currently available and research studies that are currently being undertaken.

58 pages, Paperback

Published April 23, 2016