Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), which are the basis for financial reporting by the private sector in the United States, have been codified by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) into a single authoritative source.
Dementia and Alzheimerâs disease arenât the same. Dementia is an overall term used to describe symptoms that impact memory, performance of daily activities, and communication abilities. Alzheimerâs disease is the most common type of dementia. Alzheimerâs disease gets worse with time and affects memory, language, and thought.
Report Abuse. Alzheimer disease is one type of dementia. Dementia is a neurological impairment or disease that can be caused by lots of different things. Memory, cognition, and mood are affected and different types of dementia affect these things differently.lzheimer disease is, in part, caused by the development of things called neurofibrillary tangles in brain cells that edge out what is otherwise supposed to be there. There is a genetic component to Alzheimer disease as well.