It tends to start younger, often in the fifties or sixties. A person may become socially inappropriate, apathetic or compulsive, or lose the ability to find words, while memory stays largely intact for a time.
Because it does not look like the dementia people expect, diagnosis is often delayed.
Why it matters
The behaviour changes are the disease, not the person, and families often need to hear that from a clinician.
Further reading: Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration
Frontotemporal dementia where you live
The local guide on this, for each city we cover.
- Baltimore, MD
- Boston, MA
- Buffalo, NY
- Charlotte, NC
- Chicago, IL
- Columbus, OH
- Dallas, TX
- Denver, CO
- Detroit, MI
- Houston, TX
- Los Angeles, CA
- Memphis, TN
- Milwaukee, WI
- New York, NY
- Philadelphia, PA
- Phoenix, AZ
- San Antonio, TX
- San Diego, CA
- Seattle, WA
- Tucson, AZ