• Additional Information

• Culture and Language Resources
• Reducing the Risk
• Getting a Diagnosis
• Living Well with Dementia - If you have Dementia
• Living Well with Dementia - For Caregivers
• Daily Living - Planning & Safety
• Personal, Legal and Financial Decisions
• Working with your Health Care Team

Getting a Diagnosis

There are many conditions that cause symptoms similar to dementia. It is important to explore and eliminate other medical conditions before a diagnosis of dementia is reached.

There are also many kinds of dementia – some are reversible while others are progressive. In this section you will find information that will help you to identify conditions that have similar symptoms, the warning signs of dementia, and the questions you can ask your physician to help obtain a diagnosis of dementia.

Learn more About Dementia – not all Dementias are the same

• What is Alzheimer Disease 
• Alzheimer Disease – Dispelling the Myths 
• Alzheimer’s disease 
• Alzheimer Disease: Ten Warning Signs
• Dementia Early Signs – Early Recognition of Cognitive Changes

Working with your physician to confirm or eliminate a diagnosis of dementia

• Getting a Diagnosis 
• Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly - Recognition, Diagnosis and Management Patient Guide
• Finding Out if It Is Alzheimer's Disease 

Alzheimer Society of Canada Fact Sheets

• Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias 
• Creutzfeldt–Jakob Disease
• Lewy body Dementia
• Frontotemporal Dementia (Pick's Disease)
• Vascular Dementia