r/dementia↗
Dementia, Alzheimer's, brain disease, head injuries, concussions and cognition.
This subreddit is dedicated to information and support for people dealing with dementia. Dementia patients and their families suffer in silence and we hope this forum can be a place where we can all connect and feel less alone in dealing with this disease. Dementia can have many causes but some of the most common forms of dementia are: Alzheimer's disease, vascular, frontotemporal, Lew Body, and semantic dementia. Self promotion, solicitation, and AI created content are not allowed here.
70k subscribers980 posts / mo in Sep 2026 (incl. <1% by known bots)783 authors / mosince 2010
r/dementia has 70k members (+37% over the last 12 months). It gets about 980 posts a month from 783 people. Top topics: Long Term Care Options, Nurse Safety and Harassment and Cat Loss and Terminal Illness.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Long Term Care Options0.7%
- Nurse Safety and Harassment0.6%
- Cat Loss and Terminal Illness0.1%
- Support Groups<0.1%
- Poetry of Grief<0.1%
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- Squarespace
- Alzheimer’s Association
- Care
- Apple
- Medicare
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