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Advanced Dementia. 1  Advanced dementia is a leading cause of death in the United States. 2  Features include profound memory deficits (e.g., inability to recognize family), minimal verbal communication, loss of ambulatory abilities, the inability to perform activities of daily living, and urinary and fecal incontinence.
Symptoms of vascular dementia include mental, emotional, physical, and behavioral manifestations. Symptoms of vascular dementia include problems with memory, slowed thinking and learning, confusion, depression, language and speech problems, difficulty with organizational skills, and mood and personality changes. People with vascular dementia may also wander and get lost and experience hallucinations and delusions. Physical symptoms can include dizziness, problems with balance and falling, incontinence, shuffling type of gait, tremors, and weakness of the extremities.