Young-onset dementia (YOD) is defined as dementia with first symptoms before the age
of 65. Harvey and colleagues
1
found a prevalence of YOD in those aged 30 to 64 of 54.0 per 100,000, and 98.1 to
118.00 per 100,000 for ages 45 to 64. Compared with people with late-onset dementia
(LOD), people with YOD have lower prevalence rates of Alzheimer disease (AD) and higher
rates of frontotemporal dementia.
2
However, there are geographical differences regarding the prevalence rates of the
different types of dementia. Ikejima et al
3
found that vascular disease was the most frequent cause of YOD in Japan, whereas
Withall
4
found alcohol-related dementia being the most frequent cause of YOD in eastern Sydney.
Withall
4
published in 2013 an editorial in this journal in which she addressed the specific
challenges for services provision and long-term care for these relatively young people
and their families. In this editorial, we focus on palliative care in people with
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