Common Acronyms And Abbreviations Used In Dementia Care

AA – Alzheimer’s Association

AAA – Area Agency on Aging

AACD – Aging-Associated Cognitive Decline

AAMI – Age-Associated Memory Impairment

AD – Alzheimer’s Disease

ADRD – Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias

ADHC – Adult Day Health Care

ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

ADL – Activity of Daily Living

ADRC – Aging and Disability Resource Center

ADS- Adult Day Services

ALF – Assisted Living Facility

bvFTD – Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia

CBS- Corticobasal Syndrome

CS- Capgras Syndrome

D – Dementia

DWA – Dad with Alzheimer’s

DWD – Dad with Dementia

EOA – Early Onset Alzheimer’s

EOD – Early Onset Dementia

EOL – End of Life

FILWD – Father-in-Law With Dementia

FTD – Frontotemporal Dementia

FWD – Father with Dementia

FWLBD – Father With Lewy Body Dementia

GMWD – Grandmother With Dementia

GFWD – Grandfather With Dementia

HHA – Home Health Aide

HWD – Husband with Dementia

IL – Independent Living

IRF – Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility

LBD – Lewy Body Dementia

LOWD – Loved One With Dementia

LTC – Long Term Care

MC – Memory Care

MCI – Mild Cognitive Impairment

MILWD – Mother In Law With Dementia

MWA – Mother with Alzheimer’s

MWD- Mother with Dementia

MWFTD – Mother with Frontotemporal Dementia

NH/SNF- Nursing Home/Skilled Nursing

NPH- Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

PCA – Posterior Cortical Atrophy

PD – Parkinson’s Disease

POA – Power of Attorney

PPA – Primary Progressive Aphasia

PWD – Parent/Person with Dementia

SAR – Sub Acute Rehab

SNF – Skilled Nursing Facility

TBI – Traumatic Brain Injury

TIA- Transient Ischemic Attack

UTI – Urinary Tract Infection

VD – Vascular Dementia

WWD – Wife With Dementia