WHAT IS THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF VASCULAR DEMENTIA?
by kittie on November 24th, 2008 I’ve seen men and women patients that have vascular dementia live to be in their early 90’s Comments Add a comment… Like • Report No comments. Post one | Permalink • ad_client = “ca-answerbag_html”; num_ads = “4”; type = “text”; channels = “S_200x200,P_Question,Users_Unregistered,C_Health”; class_name = “question_ads”; hints = “Health & Fitness”; category_title = “Health and Fitness”; print_google_ad(1, num_ads, type, channels, ad_client , class_name , hints ); by Galeanda on May 27th, 2008 They say that dementia shortens the lifespan by 50% but there is so much variation for people. Women seem to live longer, and some types of dementia, like vascular, seem to be shorter than other. Most doctors say all dementia patients have an average lifespan of 5-9 years but often lasting more than 20 years. Vascular is average of 5-6. What seems to make the difference is care and early diagnosis. There are things you can do like keeping them safe, activities to s
