{"id":951,"date":"2016-11-16T19:13:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T13:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.com\/blog\/?p=951"},"modified":"2016-11-16T19:13:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T13:43:13","slug":"symptoms-alzheimers-disease-versus-frontotemporal-dementia-ftd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samvednacare.com\/blog\/symptoms-alzheimers-disease-versus-frontotemporal-dementia-ftd\/","title":{"rendered":"Symptoms: Alzheimer’s disease versus frontotemporal dementia (FTD)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mrs. Rita- I not ta\u2026 bath, you go (signaling towards the door to leave)<\/i><\/p>\n

House Help- Aunty lets go, it\u2019s not good to stay without taking bath\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Mrs. Rita-\u00a0 <\/span>No , I sa..(said) no why don\u2019t\u00a0 <\/span>you understand , you better go otherwi.. no.. go..<\/i><\/p>\n

House Help- No aunty, it\u2019s too late\u2026 come we will go\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n

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She holds her hands and takes her for bathing. Aunty reacts aggressively to the staff girl. She refuses to let her come close to her or help her with her activities of daily living.<\/p>\n

This was one instance from the life Mrs. Rita, who suffers from Frontotemporal Dementia.\u00a0 <\/span>While one may have been familiar with Dementia of the Alzheimer\u2019s Type, this typology might not be heard too often about.<\/p>\n

Dementia is an umbrella term used for a cluster of symptoms exhibited by a person including loss of memory, difficulties in executive functioning and changes in personality and behavior. It spreads to different domains of functioning, with the deterioration generalizing as it progresses. Alzheimer\u2019s and Fronto Temporal are basically 2 different forms of Dementia that manifest different pathologies. A downfall in the functioning is what one is expected to experience, but the way it progresses as well as first symptom observed in these conditions are different. While medically one may understand how it is developed, living with a person who has this comes with its own set of challenges:<\/p>\n

FTD or Frontotemporal Dementia affects the Frontal and Temporal Lobes of brain which are responsible for many of the functions like: reasoning, planning, speech, managing emotions, recognition and perception of auditory stimuli etc. Hence, when it comes to FTD, there are stark changes observed in the behavior pattern and personality of the individual that can make care giving as well as coping with them a difficult process for family members. Some of them are:<\/p>\n