What is Vascular Dementia?

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What is Vascular Dementia? Well, following Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy Body dementia, Vascular dementia is the third most common form of dementia. Of the hundreds of different varieties of dementia, Vascular dementia accounts for about 17% to 30% of all dementia cases. It is caused by an insufficient amount of blood flow to the brain due to a blockage or general reduction in blood flow, resulting in cell death. This leads to cognitive decline, as delicate brain tissue is denied the oxygen and nutrients needed to survive. This is unlike other forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer’s, which are caused by irregular protein deposits in the brain.
Risk factors for Vascular Dementia include having a stroke, high blood pressure, A-fib, diabetes or any condition that affects your blood vessels and circulation. A person’s risk for Vascular Dementia also increases with age. To learn more about Vascular Dementia, keep watching the rest of this video! You can also contact us on our website or pick up a copy of our book “Forget Me Not” for more tips and tricks for dementia caregiving. Together we can!
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[gatewayz]

Thank you, this is great information. This is what my mother has, it started with a stroke and she seemed to be relatively unaffected at the time but looking back it was the starting point of a very gradual decline at first and then in the last 2.5 years it has accelerated but I only saw her last week and she still knows me and still walks, talks, reads out loud and writes but can’t remember or organise anything despite still reading and writing. She can’t recognise the fridge in her room but can tie up her shoes so it’s so incredibly random. She’s 82 and I pray she hangs in there for a while yet. The nurses in the home said she is the most self aware resident about her condition in the dementia wing. She tells us she loves us over and over because I think she wants to make sure we know in case something happens. Take care 😊

[sunflowerzelda]

At age 48 I went blind briefly one night. Like a shade was pulled down over my vision. The next day went to the eye doctor and told her about an hour of blindness.. she checked me out. said no eye problem but you need an ultrasound on your neck. OK. Which began my strange journey to the vascular doctor 3 hrs away.. 50-75% blockage left carotid artery. They did surgery to pull the blockage out. Sent me home and never told me to see anyone special. I was fixed. Next year my general doctor did another ultrasound I was told it was 50-75% blocked. But nobody got excited about it. Or made arrangements to see the vascular doctor. Which was ok with me. I had a husband dying of cancer at the time. Well skip 5 years into this and my last ultrasound in 2010 I was told 100% blocked carotid! Was sent to a cardio doctor only one hour from home. He wanted to know why I waited so long. I told him my history. Anyway, He told me at 100% they can no longer do surgery. He rather made me feel I was one foot in the grave.
Here it is 2024 I am still alive but not so well. Anxiety & panic attacks, started not wanting to drive to town, I was never like this before I have lost all social doings, Most people give up asking after a while. I had quit drinking and found myself not interested in all the party stuff going on here at the lake, My newest symptom is whole-body tremors sometimes I lose control of my legs and down I go. No warning just feels like the puppet master let go of the strings. Have seen a couple neurologists had the brain scan, and had white matter, one doctor says stroke, and one says maybe MS. Take your pick? I have all the symptoms of MS, but no clear diagnoses. Both doctors had a very bad attitude. Now I just take it one day at a time. Not much faith in Arkansas doctors. Spend lots of my time looking for things I have misplaced. Did I feed the dogs? so have figured out ways to get it together and wish I had a family. But I do know living so very far from town was not a good idea. Who knew? Before my husband died of cancer he told me I should move in towards town. That just made me mad. Seems like we just moved here. And he was dying, so I would have to do it all by myself. What a dirty trick it has all been.

[karlaclements]

You do a great job of explaining the types and causes of dementia. Thank you.

[anneroth]

You asked why we don't go to a neurologist when a loved one is showing signs of cognitive impairment. As an "n" of one and caregiver of 13+ years, I have had my husband evaluated by two neurologists over the years since the onset of his symptoms of dementia. This involved initial testing using standardized instruments as well as CT scans (he cannot have an MRI because of an implanted pacemaker and a defibrillator) and review of his long health history. We did this on a yearly basis using the initial review as a baseline set of measurements. When the first neurologist retired, we went to a second neurologist and received a different diagnosis, from frontal lobe with some lewy body behaviors to the second diagnosis of vascular dementia. What we are left with is "SO WHAT"! In the long run of my husband's cognitive decline, it does not make much difference what it is called. There are no treatments that work for this horrible condition. We live in the SF bay area and both of the neurologists we have seen are from good facilities and highly recommended (Stanford and UCSF respectively). They didn't even agree on what stage my husband was in the process. A lot of time and attention is put on a name of a particular type of the impairment. Why not put as much time and attention on memory care issues and support? Until the research can really define what is going on in the cerebral cortex before an autopsy naming turns out to be of more interest to the Namers than the actual day to day care and help of the people who live with and suffer from dementia.

[scott-qssp]

I reached out to Debra when I was in distress as a caregiver to my Mom, she called me and we talked, she's the real deal, she cares and has gone through hell with her experinces with her own Mom, we all hurt and she understands that, Thanks Debra!

[andrepowers]

Hello. My Mom was just diagnosed with Vascular Dementia today after Months of Doctors not knowing what was the case. They ruled it out as Delerium. So we got a second opinion and it was ruled out Vascular Dementia. I found your page and sent your info on Vascular Dementia to all 7 siblings of mines so that they can get a better understanding of this illness. I researched a few on YouTube but information and how you presented it. Got my attention. So Thank You Very Much for this information. Please keep my Mom Janice in you all's Prayers. Thank You. God Bless You. Love André🙏🏾❤

[pamelaleonard]

Thanks for this Deborah it has cleared up a lot for me about my mum's condition. No one has ever given us an explanation or any idea of her life expectancy.

[adelinemorin]

This is excellent information please Give us more information ❤

[hannahrosa]

Yes. I wondered where the empathy went and wondered if he had a death wish. Cancer took him in the end and it was both a mercy and a sad end to a beautiful mind. Two PhD and an early death.

[robindavis]

I am 68 and recently dx with this after telling several of my Drs that something is wrong with me and no one was listening until my pain Dr said lets get an MRI and see. Wow my brain lit up and clouds decended. At least I know I'm not crazy just losing my mind thanks to all my heart problems. Thank you for the info

[gabrielgagne]

My dad has vascular dementia. Thanks for your informations and I love you too sweet heart 🤗

[cherylcoleman]

This video sure helped me to understand what's going on. Is it highly recommended to go into in-house care at this stage of life?

[bahunt]

Great video on Vascular Dementia. CADASIL is the most common inheritable vascular dementia. Perhaps you could do a video on CADASIL and how it is diagnosed after a doctor see a patient with vascular dementia

[brooke]

Learning about this makes so much sense now. Mom has had the signs. Thanks for the information.

[mariahaigh]

Thank you so much for this. My mother-in-law is just now going through the testing and imaging. I didn’t know there were so many variants. This is very helpful!

[carolynburns]

Thank you. This really helps me understand my mother condition. The ups and downs she's going through especially now she doesn't care and can't be made to do anything she doesn't want

[yolandamathys]

Thank you so much. So helpful and informative. My mom has vascular dementia and this clip really gave me alot of clarity. Thank you so much.

[georgeguess]

Bought your book today on Kindle. Looking forward to reading.

[sunflowerzelda]

sorry that the message below was so very long. Just wondering what else to expect.

[donnawargacki]

Im terrified of the diagnosis so I know I need to see a Neurologist, because my husband was just diagnosed with a rare blood cancer so many Doc appts, blood work, Pet scans, chemo, it's absolutely mind numbing so I have to take care of him.