Alzheimer's Patients with Depression: More Common than You Think - WEGO Health

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Alzheimer's Patients with Depression: More Common than You Think - WEGO Health

Did you know that patients with Alzheimer's are more likely to have depression? Experts estimate that clinically significant depression occurs in about 20 to 40 percent of people with Alzheimer's disease. Unlike regular depression that tends to affect women more often than men, Alzheimer's depression affects both men and women equally. Unfortunately it is quite difficult to detect and identify depression in Alzheimer's patients as symptoms often overlap and fluctuate. Dementia often possesses th

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Tags: Dementia, Alzheimer's Disease, Depression, Disease and Condition, Men's Health, Women's Health