dementia or alzheimers?

Hi Shelley: While I am no professional, what has been explained to me is that when a person has dementia, their mind may be confused, they forget, can become agitated, etc., but that they will have the ability to feed themselves, walk, etc. With Alzhiemers, it comes in stages. You become forgetful, then you'll eventually get to the point that you can not walk, can not feed yourself, can not swallow, talk - Alzhiemer's will eventually affect every organ in your body shutting them down. Like I said, I'm not in the medical field, but my mom has Alzhiemer's & so far from reading about it, every stage has been true to her (unfortunately). Hope this helps in some way.