An 83-Year-Old Man with Worsening Cognitive Decline

Abstract

CME Educational Objectives 1. Identify classic presentation of vascular dementia. 2. Know the most effective treatments for vascular dementia and when they are indicated. 3. Understand the impact of medical comorbidities on vascular dementia. The patient is an 83-year-old white man who is widowed and a former professor with a PhD in education, now retired and living in assisted senior housing due to impairments resulting from Alzheimer’s dementia. His medical history is significant for hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, and colon cancer in remission.