As dementia progresses and more personal care assistance is needed, treatments focus on improving quality of life, reducing symptom severity, and slowing disease progression, if possible.

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The risk of developing dementia more than doubles in those ... Isaacson said. “There are now many treatments, both drug and non-drug approaches, that may be able to help depending on the exact ...