Make a bequest, memorial, or other legacy contribution to support the mission of the Dementia Society of America Leadership Logo What does the Leadership Circle logo graphically represent? The circular arrow means taking action and creating forward motion. The circle is meant to communicate the whole interconnectedness of all things, all animals, and all people in our world, including the mind-body connection. The 3 separate colors, each with a distinct amount of "space" allocated to each, reflects proportionately the 3 pillars of our mission: Educate all , about all Dementias (bright purple); Provide quality-of-life programs (lighter purple); Recognize accomplishments and contributions to the betterment of the Dementia community at large (the lightest blue/purple). If you join the Leadership or Caring Circle you agree with the 10 DSA Principles , and you are willing to commit financially each year to see that those ideals are pursued and continued through the work of the Dementia Society of America.

Worldwide collaboration is the cornerstone of our Society. Learn about other organizations that share our vision of raising Dementia awareness. Collaborators The Dementia Society of America believes that worldwide collaboration between organizations that share the vision and mission to raise Dementia awareness should be the cornerstone of our Society. Important Notice: Dementia Society of America (DSA) does not endorse the organizations below, but in our current opinion their stated missions closely align with our 10 Leadership Circle Principles . The links below are provided for informational purposes only and are subject to change. All U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofits (officially IRS-recognized, as is the Dementia Society of America), are highlighted in bold as such. Underlined links below will open websites in a separate web browser page, so you can keep your place here. Music and Memory Using persona lized music in care organizations throughout the U.S. The 2014 documentary, "Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory," is about their efforts. Would you like to have a screening? 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Brain Research Foundation Founded in 1953, BRF exists to accelerate discoveries of the human brain by funding pioneering neuroscience research. The Dementia Society Seed Grant Program provides start-up funds for new and innovative research projects that lead to scientific advancement. 501(c)(3) nonprofit. ARTZ Philadelphia Our purpose is to provide opportunities for self-expression and rebuilding self-esteem and dignity to people with memory loss and those who care for them. We achieve this mission through research-based programs that connect people living with dementia and their care partners with artists and cultural organizations in the creative community. View our virtual museum programs from across the country: click here . 501(c)(3) nonprofit. StopCTE The mission of the Patrick Risha CTE Awareness Foundation is to provide parents of school-age children (who have very susceptible brains) with information about the dangers of sports which involve head trauma. Which some believe may lead to Dementia and other neurological disorders in later life. A resource for understanding Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (symptoms, research, impact, and information). 501(c)(3) nonprofit. CJD Foundation Promotes research, advocates, and provides support to families and professionals that work with or are affected by Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Pioneer Network Dedicated to making fundamental changes in values and practices [in long-term care] to create a culture of aging that is life-affirming, satisfying, humane, and meaningful. 501(c)(3) nonprofit. On-Demand Programs and Events On Demand! provides speakers and performers that inspire, enrich, and entertain. Know Dementia UK A local charity [in the United Kingdom], run by volunteers comprising family carers and qualified professionals who live and work with people with dementia. Not affiliated with the KNOW DEMENTIA® programs of the Dementia Society of America. Go back to Education | Click Here

Watch videos about Dementia & brain health on our website. Permission to use this material was granted by TBH which reserves all rights to the material. Anchor 2 Videos & Publications Watch a message from our President and Founder. Dementia 101 See us in Money Magazine See us in People Now Anchor 1 Click to view and download. Must have Adobe Acrobat Viewer installed. Click to view and download. Must have Adobe Acrobat Viewer installed. Click to view and download. Must have Adobe Acrobat Viewer installed. Click to view and download. Must have Adobe Acrobat Viewer installed. Click to view and download. Must have Adobe Acrobat Viewer installed. Videos About Dementia & Brain Health The Dementia Society of America expresses its greatest gratitude to Trinity Brain Health (TBH) for granting us our North American distribution rights. Global partnerships like ours help enhance Dementia and Brain Health awareness around the world, as Dementia has no geopolitical, social or economic boundaries. The nine videos above were created by TBH, through the NEIL Programme at the Institute of Neuroscience with support from GENIO. © 2014 The Provost, Fellows, Foundations Scholars, and the Other Members of Board, of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Of Queen Elizabeth, near Dublin. Permission to use this material was granted by TBH which reserves all rights in the material. Click Here to Watch More Videos on YouTube Click to view and download. Must have Adobe Acrobat Viewer installed. Click to view and download. Must have Adobe Acrobat Viewer installed. Click to view and download. Must have Adobe Acrobat Viewer installed. Profile Picture Icon for use on social media. Go back to Education | Click Here

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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease can occur in people without risk factors and sometimes caused by exposure to diseased brain or nervous system tissue. Read more. CJD "This rare brain disorder usually occurs in people without risk factors . This condition may be due to an abnormal form of a protein. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [Dementia] sometimes may be inherited or caused by exposure to diseased brain or nervous system tissue. Signs and symptoms of this fatal condition usually appear around age 60 and initially include problems with coordination, memory, thinking and vision. Symptoms worsen over time and may include the inability to move or talk, blindness, or infections." Funeral Professionals, you may click here to view a 40 minute educational video from our friends at The CJD Foundation . Source: click here . Click below on the various terms to learn more about both common and more rare conditions, syndromes and diseases, that can cause, or include symptoms leading to Dementia: Dementia-Like Conditions (that may be reversible); Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI); Alzheimer's Disease (AD or ALZ) Dementia; Mixed Dementia; Vascular Dementia; Young Onset Dementia; Lewy Body Dementia (LBD); Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD); AIDS Dementia Complex (ADC); Huntington's Disease with Dementia; Multiple Sclerosis (MS) with Dementia; Parkinson's Disease (PD) with Dementia; Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury (CTE) Dementia; Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) with Dementia; Down Syndrome with Dementia; Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA); Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA); Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS) Dementia; Limbic-predominant Age-related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE);*** Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Dementia; Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD); Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP); CADASIL;*** Sanfilippo Syndrome*** Batten Disease (Childhood Dementia);*** Binswanger Disease.*** Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA)*** Various Childhood Dementias*** Adult-Onset Leukoencephalopathy*** Don't see what you're looking for? Please contact us. *** Takes you to a non-DSA website. Go back to Definitions | Click Here

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If you have any questions, the Dementia Society is here to help. Connect with us today to get support and resources for dementia-related issues. Contact Form Please use the form on this page to: Request our FREE Dementia information package. Ask a basic question about Dementia. Or, if you have a question about donations, memorials, fundraisers, legacy gifts, etc., please provide brief details in the message section, and we will email you back for more information. Our mission is to raise Dementia awareness by educating the public about the syndrome of Dementia. If you would like our informative Dementia education package, please complete the short form on this page. We will send it out as soon as possible at no cost. Please expect to receive it within a couple of weeks. It comes in a plain envelope marked "DSA Information Requested" in the return address section. Please be patient; we are a volunteer-driven organization and handle many requests for information. Thank You! COMPLETE FORM Your Full Name Company (If Applicable) Email Double-Check and Re-Enter Email Phone Number Is Number Above Mobile #? How Did You Learn About Us? Street Address (Inc Apt, etc.) City/Town State/Province ZIP/Postal Code OPTIONAL MESSAGE: Request Info, Ask Basic Question, etc. FORM A-012323 Submit Thanks for submitting! Subscribe to our Monthly Email eNews: Click here. Nonprofit Tax EIN: 46-3401769 Dementia Society, Inc., doing business as: Dementia Society of America Mail Correspondence to: Dementia Society of America Post Office Box 600 Doylestown, PA 18901 USA

Create a lasting memorial tribute to a loved one. Dementia Society of America supports families affected by Alzheimer’s, Vascular Dementia, FTD, and more. In Loving Memory If you wish to have the Dementia Society of America receive memorial donations "in lieu of flowers," please consid er adding the following statement to the obituary: DONATE "In lieu of flowers, please make online gifts in memory of ______, to the Dementia Society of America www.DementiaSociety.org/donate ." Acknowledgments We send an acknowledgment letter when the donor provides the next of kin's name and address. In addition, families can contact us 4-6 weeks after the obituary's publication, and t he Society will furnish a list of memorial donors and their addresses. To obtain a list, please make your request via our contact page. Families and Funeral Directors, if you have any donation-related questions, please click here to use our contact form or call 1-800-336-3684 and select option #3. Given our work helping families facing Dementia, our volunteers do their best to respond as promptly as possible. In addition to an obituary published by the Funeral Director, you may choose to create a memorial page to remember the life of a loved one who battled Dementia. Ancestry.com Memorial Page Option Dementia Society of America®, in partnership with Ancestry.com® and their We Remember ™ initiative, has established memorials with no fees, and the memorial page will remain online without needing renewal. Together, it's our way to help pay tribute to a life well-lived. If you set it up through the link below, the We Remember memorial pages link to our donate page, where family and friends can donate in memory or honor of a loved one. Please see the example below. Click Here to Set Up a Memorial Page

Dementia-like symptoms can result from fever or other side effects of your body's attempt to fight off an infection. Learn more about rare conditions. Dementia-Like "Some causes of Dementia or Dementia-like symptoms can be reversed. Your doctor may identify and treat these causes: Infections and immune disorders. Dementia-like symptoms can result from fever or other side effects of your body's attempt to fight off an infection. People may develop thinking difficulties if they have infections like a urinary tract infection (UTI), meningitis and encephalitis, untreated syphilis, Lyme disease, or conditions that cause a completely compromised immune system, such as leukemia. Here is an excellent document on Urinary Tract Infections and delirium from our friends in the UK. Click here to read/download . Metabolic problems and endocrine abnormalities. People with thyroid problems, too little blood sugar (hypoglycemia), too low or too high sodium or calcium levels, or an impaired ability to absorb vitamin B-12 may develop Dementia-like symptoms or other personality changes. Nutritional deficiencies. Dementia-like symptoms can occur as a result of not drinking enough liquids (dehydration); not having enough thiamin (vitamin B-1), a condition common in people with chronic alcoholism; and not having enough vitamins B-6 and B-12 in your diet. Reactions to medications. Dementia-like symptoms may occur as a reaction to a single medication or because of an interaction of several medications. Subdural hematomas. Subdural hematomas are caused by bleeding between the surface of the brain and the covering over the brain. They can cause symptoms similar to Dementia. Poisoning. Dementia-like symptoms can occur as a result of exposure to heavy metals, such as lead, and other poisons, such as pesticides. Dementia-like symptoms may also occur in some people who have abused alcohol or recreational drugs [See also Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS) ]. Symptoms may disappear after treatment, but in some cases they may persist. Brain tumors. Dementia can rarely result from damage caused by a brain tumor. Anoxia. This condition, also called hypoxia, occurs when tissues in organs don't receive enough oxygen. Anoxia may occur due to severe asthma, heart attack, carbon monoxide poisoning, or other causes. If you've experienced a severe lack of oxygen, recovery may take longer. Symptoms, such as memory problems or confusion, may occur during recovery. Normal-pressure hydrocephalus. Sometimes people have a condition caused by enlarged ventricles in the brain (normal-pressure hydrocephalus). This condition can cause walking problems, urinary difficulty, and memory loss. Shunt surgery, which delivers cerebrospinal fluid from the head to the abdomen or heart, may help these symptoms." Source: click here . Chemo Brain. Mental cloudiness or changes ... notice[d] before, during, and after cancer treatment. This cloudiness or change in mental state is commonly referred to as chemo brain. Doctors and researchers may call chemo brain many things, such as cancer treatment-related cognitive impairment, cancer-related cognitive change, or post-chemotherapy cognitive impairment." Source: click here . Click below on the various terms to learn more about both common and more rare conditions, syndromes and diseases, that can cause, or include symptoms leading to Dementia: Dementia-Like Conditions (that may be reversible); Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI); Alzheimer's Disease (AD or ALZ) Dementia; Mixed Dementia; Vascular Dementia; Young Onset Dementia; Lewy Body Dementia (LBD); Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD); AIDS Dementia Complex (ADC); Huntington's Disease with Dementia; Multiple Sclerosis (MS) with Dementia; Parkinson's Disease (PD) with Dementia; Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury (CTE) Dementia; Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) with Dementia; Down Syndrome with Dementia; Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA); Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA); Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS) Dementia; Limbic-predominant Age-related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE);*** Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Dementia; Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD); Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP); CADASIL;*** Sanfilippo Syndrome*** Batten Disease (Childhood Dementia);*** Binswanger Disease.*** Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA)*** Various Childhood Dementias*** Adult-Onset Leukoencephalopathy*** Don't see what you're looking for? Please contact us. *** Takes you to a non-DSA website. Go back to Definitions | Click Here

AIDS dementia complex (ADC) occurs primarily in persons with more advanced HIV infection. When left untreated, ADC can be fatal. For more information, contact us today. ADC "AIDS dementia complex (ADC), or HIV-associated dementia (HAD), occurs primarily in persons with more advanced HIV infection. Symptoms include encephalitis (inflammation of the brain), behavioral changes, and a gradual decline in cognitive function, including trouble with concentration, memory, and attention. Persons with ADC also show progressive slowing of motor function and loss of dexterity and coordination. When left untreated, ADC can be fatal. It is rare when anti-retroviral therapy is used. Milder cognitive complaints are common and are termed HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND). Neuropsychologic testing can reveal subtle deficits even in the absence of symptoms." Source: click here . Click below on the various terms to learn more about both common and more rare conditions, syndromes and diseases, that can cause, or include symptoms leading to Dementia: Dementia-Like Conditions (that may be reversible); Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI); Alzheimer's Disease (AD or ALZ) Dementia; Mixed Dementia; Vascular Dementia; Young Onset Dementia; Lewy Body Dementia (LBD); Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD); AIDS Dementia Complex (ADC); Huntington's Disease with Dementia; Multiple Sclerosis (MS) with Dementia; Parkinson's Disease (PD) with Dementia; Chronic Traumatic Brain Injury (CTE) Dementia; Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) with Dementia; Down Syndrome with Dementia; Posterior Cortical Atrophy (PCA); Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA); Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS) Dementia; Limbic-predominant Age-related TDP-43 Encephalopathy (LATE);*** Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Dementia; Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD); Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP); CADASIL;*** Sanfilippo Syndrome*** Batten Disease (Childhood Dementia);*** Binswanger Disease.*** Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy (CAA)*** Various Childhood Dementias*** Adult-Onset Leukoencephalopathy*** Don't see what you're looking for? Please contact us. *** Takes you to a non-DSA website. Go back to Definitions | Click Here

Your support extends Dementia Society of America's international cross-border activities in Canada, Mexico, and across the globe. Click to learn more! Canada Dementia Society of America is active in US / Canada cross-border initiatives to support you and your family through Dementia awareness, education, life-enrichment programs, and local support resources. PLEASE NOTE: Dementia Society of America is a USA-based nonprofit charity. We do NOT provide Canadian tax receipts. To continue with a donation to our USA-based organization, please click here . La Dementia Society of America est active dans les initiatives transfrontalières entre les États-Unis et le Canada pour vous soutenir, vous et votre famille, par le biais de programmes de sensibilisation, d'éducation, d'enrichissement de la vie et de ressources de soutien locales sur la démence. Information/Questions? Call 1-800-DEMENTIA® Ontario, Canada, Business Registration - English | French México ¡Bienvenida Español! Sociedad Demencia de América (DSA) es el líder de voluntarios, la organización sin fines de lucro de todo demencia en los Estados Unidos. Nuestra misión es elevar significativamente la conciencia para el espectro de condiciones conocidas colectivamente como la demencia . Poner a disposición no médico, fácil de entender los materiales de educación D emencia y recursos, y ofrecer programas de calidad de vida para los que viven con demencia y sus cuidadores. Por favor, póngase en contacto con nosotros para conocer más acerca de nosotros .