Question: what types of dementia are there?

Debbie Kinsey answered on 21 Nov 2019:

There are lots of different types and sometimes people can have more than one type (called “mixed dementia”). The four most common types are:
– Alzheimer’s disease (the most common)
– Vascular dementia (which is called that because it is caused by not getting enough blood to the brain)
– Lewy body dementia (because the protein deposits on nerve cells in this type of dementia are called “Lewy bodies”)
– Frontotemporal dementia (which affects the parts of the brain called the frontal and temporal lobes)
There are also lots of other kinds, but those are the most common ones