We know more about dementia than ever before. We know it is not one disease, not simply “memory loss,” and not an inevitable part of aging. We know Alzheimer’s disease differs from vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia, frontotemporal dementia, and other conditions that can alter judgment, movement, language, mood, and personality. We can name the symptoms with greater precision than past generations could.
And yet, after the diagnosis is delivered, too many families hear the same unspoken message: Good luck.
