Brain Support Network and Stanford’s Lewy Body Dementia Research Center of Excellence co-hosted this Lewy body dementia caregiving symposium on Saturday, October 14, 2023. Featured speaker: Dr. Kathleen Poston Topic: Overview of LBD
10:51 This chart still feels a bit off. Those with DLB will still go through MCI stage, right?? You don't go from nothing to dementia overnight. Also, those with PDD will first get diagnosed with PD, but then, what does DLB patients get diagnosed with before they reach dementia stage? Because dementia stage is defined as not being able to take care of themselves and that doesn't happen overnight. Are they (or even PDD patients) diagnosed as DLB/LBD even in their MCI stage?
Did you listen to the recording for an explanation of this chart? (It's been awhile since this event so I don't recall.) I believe this chart is trying to get at the idea that LBD is BOTH PDD and DLB. And that we call it DLB if the cognitive problems are within the first year. PDD "progresses" more slowly through PD and MCI, eventually ending up with PDD.
