What is the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s disease?

The difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s disease

Dementia is symptoms that affect various cognitive functions as a result of damage or disease in the brain. There are hundreds of causes of dementia. The most common is Alzheimer’s disease and this accounts for more than sixty percent of all dementia cases.

There are approximately 160,000 people in Sweden who are affected by some form of dementia

Around 160,000 people in Sweden are currently affected by some form of dementia. There are around 100 different diagnoses and many have several diagnoses at the same time – for example Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia.

Sensorem’s security alarm can be of great help in dementia

With Sensorem’s security alarm, relatives can see the user’s GPS position in the Sensorem app and it receives an alarm if the user leaves a predetermined geographical area.

 

 

READ ABOUT HOW SENSOREM’S PERSONAL ALARM CAN HELP PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA