how long can you live with dementia
This can mean that people are more aware of their condition and can be more prone to depression than people with Alzheimerâs disease. In general people with vascular dementia live for around five years after symptoms begin. In many cases, the personâs death will be caused by a stroke or heart attack.
People live 4.5 years after dementia strikes: study. LONDON People with dementia survive an average four-and-a-half years after diagnosis, researchers said on Friday in a study they hope might help care-givers plan for patients with Alzheimer's and other, similar illnesses.