what are the most common types of dementia
Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimerâs disease is the most common type of dementia. Between 60 and 80 percent of cases of dementia are caused by this disease, according to the Alzheimerâs Association. Early signs of Alzheimerâs disease include depression and forgetting names and recent events. Alzheimerâs causes brain cells to die.
Alzheimerâs disease is the most common cause of dementia, but there are other types of dementia too. It is possible to have more than one type of dementia at the same time. Alzheimerâs is sometimes seen with vascular dementia or dementia with Lewy bodies. You might hear this called âmixed dementiaâ.