156: What To Know About Reversible Dementia: Review Of The APTA Geriatric Sections Fact Sheet

In this episode, Claire and I discuss reversible dementia after receiving an email from the APTA Geriatric section, which provided a helpful fact sheet. According to their research, about 12% of people with dementia symptoms have treatable and reversible causes. We go through the sheet, which has a helpful mnemonic of DEMENTIA, and provide more information about each type. According to their research about 12% of people with dementia symptoms have treatable and reversible causes. Naturally, we wanted to learn more so we could help our clients, patients, family and friends be on the lookout for reversible causes! 

DEMENTIA is a helpful mnemonic that stands for:

• Drugs
• Emotion
• Metabolic
• Eyes, Ears and Sleep
• Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
• Tumor
• Infection
• Atrial Fibrillation / Alcohol

We would love to hear from you or other professionals you may know to expand on this or any other cognitive or mental health topic! We greatly appreciate resources like this one and know we are barely scratching the surface. Don’t hesitate to reach out to [email protected] if you have a connection that will help us deepen the conversation.

You can download the fact sheet here:

https://aptageriatrics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Reversible-Dementia-Fact-Sheet-5.pdf

Association of Proton Pump Inhibitors with Risk of Dementia article from JAMA 2016:

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2487379