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Name Fronto-temporal Dementia (FTD)
Related to/Also known as includes:
Behavioural Variant Frontotemporal Dementia (including Pick's Disease)
Primary Progressive Aphasia
Alcohol-Related Dementias
Symptoms of Fronto-temporal Dementia

Fronto-temporal dementias include Pick's Disease. These dementias commonly affect people of working age.

The disease is difficult to diagnose because the sufferer is younger than expected, and displays different symptoms. Diagnosis takes up to three years.
Types  
Useful national contacts Frontotemporal Dementia Support Group
Telephone:  Jill Walton 07592 540555
Website: Link opens in new window www.ftdsg.org
Children & young people 

Explaining dementia to children and young people (Alzheimer's Society)
Link opens in new window https://tinyurl.com/y4bcceg4

Resources for Children and Young People (Dementia UK)
Link opens in new window www.dementiauk.org/children-and-young-people
News and events  
Online resources

Coronavirus: Information for people affected by dementia (Alzheimer's Society)
Link opens in new window Coronavirus: Information for people affected by dementia

Frontotemporal dementia - Diagnosis (NHS Choices)
Link opens in new window https://tinyurl.com/yd4sa8fd

Alcohol and the brain (Alcohol Concern)
Link opens in new window www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/arbd

Living with a condition (The Brain Charity)
Our resources What If It's Not Alzheimer's?: A caregiver's guide to dementia

The library at The Brain Charity has a range of resources on Fronto-temporarl Dementia and on a wide range of disability-related issues.

Visit our library to read our copy of the book What if it's not Alzheimer's? : a caregiver's guide to dementia by Gary Radin and Lisa Radin.

 
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