What is the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s disease?

2024-03-18

The difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s disease

Dementia is symptoms that affect various cognitive functions as a result of damage or disease in the brain. There are hundreds of causes of dementia. The most common is Alzheimer’s disease and this accounts for more than sixty percent of all dementia cases.

There are approximately 160,000 people in Sweden who are affected by some form of dementia

Around 160,000 people in Sweden are currently affected by some form of dementia. There are around 100 different diagnoses and many have several diagnoses at the same time – for example Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia.

Sensorem’s security alarm can be of great help in dementia

With Sensorem’s security alarm, relatives can see the user’s GPS position in the Sensorem app and it receives an alarm if the user leaves a predetermined geographical area.

Sensorem’s personal alarm has GPS positioning, medication reminders and automatic fall alarm

Sensorem’s personal alarm is an example of a technical aid specially developed for people with dementia. The personal alarm works outdoors and has built-in GPS positioning so that relatives can see the user’s position on a map in the Sensorem app. Relatives are automatically called by the personal alarm (two-way communication) if the user leaves a predetermined geographical area. The personal alarm also has medication reminders, which means that the watch emits a sound and tells the user that it is time to take their medication. The personal alarm can also alert automatically in the event of a fall with the built-in fall sensor.

 

 

READ ABOUT HOW SENSOREM’S PERSONAL ALARM CAN HELP PERSONS SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA