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WHO fact sheet on dementia providing key facts and information on signs and symptoms, rates, risk factors, social and economic impacts, human rights, WHO response.

Find resources for doctors, nurses, and other health care providers, including training and educational materials on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.

Find information about risk factors of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, what research shows, healthy steps that may reduce your risk, and resources.

Find resources for people with dementia that can help with everyday activities, finding care and support, and planning for the future.

Find tips for caregivers and family members of people with Alzheimer’s or a related dementia, including tips on everyday care, changes in behavior and communication, and caregiver health.

Find tips for preparing for life with dementia, including day-to-day and future planning.

Find information about frontotemporal dementia, causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and resources.

Find information about Lewy body dementia causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and resources.

Find information about vascular dementia causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and resources.

Learn about the symptoms of dementia and the different neurodegenerative diseases that cause dementia.

Find information about Alzheimer’s disease causes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, and resources.

Find information about mild cognitive impairment causes, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, and resources.