Objective To describe the experience of obtaining a diagnosis of frontotemporal
degeneration (FTD) for patients and caregivers. Methods Data came from a 2017 web …

TDP-43 proteinopathies are a heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders that
share the presence of aberrant, misfolded and mislocalized deposits of the protein TDP-43 …

Language-led dementias, collectively called primary progressive aphasia (PPA), are caused
by relatively focal damage to the language networks of the brain. The progressive language …

Background: Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is the second-most common cause
of young-onset dementia. Personality and behavior changes lead to high caregiver stress …

Background Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a rare neurodegenerative brain disorder
characterized by declining language ability. There is currently no way to reverse or slow the …

Background: Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) dementia often begins before age 60 and
predominantly presents as four subtypes with prominent features of language, behavior …

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a devastating neurodegenerative condition for which
there is currently no effective treatment. Although it is much less common than Alzheimer's …

Semantic dementia (SD) is a clinical subtype of frontotemporal dementia consistent with the
neuropathological diagnosis frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) TDP type C, with …

Introduction: Understanding the experiences of people who live with primary progressive
aphasia (PPA) can inform the development of appropriate speech-language pathology …

Introduction: Today, half of the American homeless population is older than 50 years of age.
This shift in age distribution among people experiencing homelessness has challenged our …