Dementia

I know these two diseases have separate causes, but outwardly how do you tell them apart?

What is the name of the medication that some Alzheimer’s patients get to help with confusion and memory loss?

Nonhuman primates include chimps, monkeys, gorilla, and lemurs. We humans are evolved apes, but we can get Alzheimer’s or dementia as we reach old age.

According to the Alzheimers Foundation, Alzheimers Dementia accounts for 60-70% of all dementia cases. What makes it a form of “dementia” is that it impairs cognition, speech, memory and movement. What makes Alzheimers Dementia different from other forms of dementia (like vascular, lewy body and frontotemporal) is that there isn’t physical motor skill impairments [...]

Alzheimer disease is a progressive, degenerative disorder that attacks the brain and results in disorientation, with impaired memory, thinking, and judgement. People with Alzheimers also undergo changes in their behavior. This combination of symptoms is also called dementia. People with Alzheimer disease have an atrophy of the cortical tissue within the brain. When examined [...]

Please explain using a statement or sentence that each would say. For example a person with dementia will say “A”, but a person with alzheimer’s will say “B”.