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Many people use the terms dementia and Alzheimer’s interchangeably, but they are not the same condition. Dementia is a broad category that includes Alzheimer’s disease but also includes other conditions. Dementia Dementia is a general term that refers to the loss of cognitive functioning such as memory, language, problem solving, and reasoning, and the loss of behavioral and social skills to the point of interfering with the person’s life. Alzheimer’s disease makes up 60-80% of the cases of dementia. Other causes include Lewy body dementia, vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia, Park...